Schlögener Schlinge (Loop of Schlögen)
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Juraj Zimányi
About this spot
The Schlögener Schlinge is a tourist attraction which was named a Natural Wonder of Austria in 2008.
This rarity, called an epigenetic cross-valley, was generated when the Danube carved its way through the soft layers of tertiary rock and created its meander-formed river bed, which it had to retain on the hard granitic rock. Because of the elevation of the landmass later on, the Danube carved itself nearly 300m into the ground and thereby created the dell, which almost forms a full circle in the Schlögener Schlinge.
This rarity, called an epigenetic cross-valley, was generated when the Danube carved its way through the soft layers of tertiary rock and created its meander-formed river bed, which it had to retain on the hard granitic rock. Because of the elevation of the landmass later on, the Danube carved itself nearly 300m into the ground and thereby created the dell, which almost forms a full circle in the Schlögener Schlinge.
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