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Wiesental, Black Forest

Valleys

The Wiesental is a valley in the southern Black Forest of Germany, named for the Wiese river, which rises near the Feldberg at about 1,200 meters and flows some 55 kilometers southwest before emptying into the Rhine near Basel, Switzerland, at 244 meters elevation. The valley lies almost entirely within the Landkreis Lörrach, its largest towns being Lörrach, with about 48,000 residents, and Schopfheim, with about 19,000. Its upper section is built mainly of gneiss and granite, giving way near Zell to sandstone on one side and limestone on the other, and the Wiese's steady flow and steep drop made the valley one of the first industrialized regions of the former Grand Duchy of Baden, powering an early textile industry.

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Gneiss, Materials
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Granite, Materials
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Limestone, Materials
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Sandstone, Materials
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Geomorphology, Disciplines
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Germany

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Switzerland

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Wiesental, Black Forest (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Wiesental (German pronunciation: [ˈviːzn̩taːl], lit. 'Wiese Valley'), named after the river Wiese, is a valley in the Southern Black Forest.
  • Associated With: Gneiss, Article text, rock Gneiss
    The back part of the valley is mainly made of Gneiss and Granite.
  • Associated With: Granite, Article text, rock Granite
    The back part of the valley is mainly made of Gneiss and Granite.
  • Associated With: Sandstone, Article text, rock Sandstone
    However near Zell, the right side of the valley is mostly made of Sandstone while its left side is made of Limestone (see Dinkelberg, Homburger Wald or Eichener See).
  • Associated With: Limestone, Article text, rock Limestone
    However near Zell, the right side of the valley is mostly made of Sandstone while its left side is made of Limestone (see Dinkelberg, Homburger Wald or Eichener See).
  • In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
    The Wiesental (German pronunciation: [ˈviːzn̩taːl], lit. 'Wiese Valley'), named after the river Wiese, is a valley in the Southern Black Forest
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