Editing Thuringia (section)

=== Topography ===
From the northwest going clockwise; Thuringia borders on the German states of [[Lower Saxony]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Saxony]], [[Bavaria]] and [[Hesse]].
[[File:Meuselbach Viehberg.JPG|thumb|right|[[Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle]] at the [[Thuringian Highland]]]]
The landscapes of Thuringia are quite diverse. The far north is occupied by the [[Harz]] mountains, followed by the [[Goldene Aue]], a fertile floodplain around [[Nordhausen, Thuringia|Nordhausen]] with the [[Helme (river)|Helme]] as most important river. The north-west includes the [[Eichsfeld]], a hilly and sometimes forested region, where the [[Leine]] river emanates. The central and northern part of Thuringia is defined by the {{cvt|3000|km2}} wide [[Thuringian Basin]], a very fertile and flat area around the [[Unstrut]] river and completely surrounded by the following hill chains (clockwise from the north-west): [[Dün]], [[Hainleite]], [[Windleite]], [[Kyffhäuser]], [[Hohe Schrecke]], [[Schmücke]], [[Finne (hills)|Finne]], [[Ettersberg]], [[Steigerwald (Erfurt)|Steigerwald]], [[Thuringian Forest]], [[Hörselberge]] and [[Hainich]]. Within the Basin the smaller hill chains [[Fahner Höhe (hills)|Fahner Höhe]] and [[Heilinger Höhen]]. South of the Thuringian Basin is the state's largest mountain range, marked by the [[Thuringian Forest]] in the north-west, the [[Thuringian Highland]] in the middle and the [[Franconian Forest]] in the south-east. Most of this range is forested and the [[Großer Beerberg]] (983 m) is Thuringia's highest mountain. To the south-west, the Forest is followed up by [[Werra]] river valley, dividing it from the [[Rhön Mountains]] in the west and the [[Grabfeld]] plain in the south. Eastern Thuringia, commonly described as the area east of [[Saale]] and [[Loquitz]] valley, is marked by a hilly landscape, rising slowly from the flat north to the mountainous south. The Saale in the west and the White Elster in the east are the two big rivers running from south to north and forming densely settled valleys in this area. Between them lies the flat and forested [[Thuringian Holzland|Holzland]] in the north, the flat and fertile [[Orlasenke]] in the middle and the [[Vogtland]], a hilly but in most parts non-forested region in the south. The far eastern region (east of White Elster) is the [[Osterland]] or [[Altenburger Land]] along [[Pleiße]] river, a flat, fertile and densely settled agricultural area.

There are two large rivers in Thuringia.  The [[Saale]], a tributary of the [[Elbe]], with its tributaries the [[Unstrut]], [[Ilm (Thuringia)|Ilm]] and White Elster, drains the most part of Thuringia.  The [[Werra]] – the headwater of the [[Weser]] – drains the south-west and west of the state. Furthermore, some small areas on the southern border are drained by tributaries of the [[Main (river)|Main]], itself a tributary of the [[Rhine]]. There are no large natural lakes in Thuringia, but it does have some of Germany's biggest dams, including the [[Bleiloch Dam]] and the [[Hohenwarte Dam]] on the River Saale, as well as the [[Leibis-Lichte Dam]] and the [[Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station]] in the Thuringian Highlands. Thuringia is Germany's only state with no connection to navigable waterways.

The [[Centroid|geographic centre]] of the [[Germany|Federal Republic]] is in Thuringia, within the municipality of [[Vogtei, Thuringia|Vogtei]] next to [[Mühlhausen]]. The centre of Thuringia is eight kilometres south of the capital's [[Erfurt Cathedral|Cathedral]], in the municipality of [[Rockhausen]].