Just a few meters above the limestone tuff terraces, a spring rises and its water flows over the moss-covered steps. The sinter pools tend to be of the small variety, so you have to look carefully. A good indication of this is the green glowing moss.

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Rombea

April 28, 2020

Mountain biking

These are so-called sintering steps or sintering terraces and not a "stone channel". Sinter terraces are deposits of porous limestone or sinter in flowing water and, unlike stalactites, form relatively quickly. Objects (e.g. branches) form barriers and, over time, develop into smaller pools, which mark themselves as sintered steps and accumulate the water in a cascade fashion. Nice to look at. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalktuffterrasse_von_Kainsbach

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EifelFranke

May 11, 2023

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A beautiful limestone terrace located directly at a fork in the forest.

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Kainsbach Tufa Terrace

1. 800-metre elevation gain loop

2. Edelweiss Hut – Happurg Reservoir loop from Hersbruck (links der Pegnitz)

3. View of Lake Happurg – Happurg Reservoir loop from Pommelsbrunn

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