The
Lower Moselle ( or
Terrassenmosel) is the name given to the lower reaches of the
Moselle river - just under 100 kilometres long - in Germany between
Pünderich and the Moselle's confluence with the
Rhine at
Koblenz. The Lower Moselle landscape differs from that of the Middle and Upper Moselle, much of it forming a narrower valley with high and steep sides in places. On the
cut banks of the river that are oriented towards the south and west, vineyards are managed, often on the tiniest, terraced strips of land on steep hillslopes.