The Mechtenberg in Essen, one of the few natural elevations from the Ice Age in the Ruhr region, was once 100 metres above sea level, but due to minin

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The Mechtenberg in Essen, one of the few natural elevations from the Ice Age in the Ruhr region, was once 100 metres above sea level, but due to mining subsidence it is now only around 80 metres above sea level and forms part of the Mechtenberg Landscape Park, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,

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