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Summary

Nördlinger Ries is a 24 km diameter meteorite impact crater in Bavaria, Germany. Formed about 14.8 million years ago in the Miocene, it hosts the town of Nördlingen within its depression and is notable for evidence such as coesite-bearing suevite and moldavites, with related structures like the Steinheim crater. The event left a rich geological record, including extensive ejecta blankets and a lake-filled basin that later eroded to expose the current crater floor.