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Geological Formation

Bode Gorge

Gorges and Canyons

The Bode Gorge, known in German as the Bodetal, is a roughly ten-kilometer ravine forming part of the Bode river valley between Treseburg and Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. The River Bode has cut deeply into the hard Ramberg granite bedrock, carving a gorge about 140 meters deep near Treseburg and around 280 meters deep at Thale. It was designated a nature reserve in 1937 and today covers nearly 474 hectares, making it one of the largest nature reserves in Saxony-Anhalt.

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Protected Status
Locally or Regionally Protected 1
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Associated With

Carboniferous, Eras
Source Bode Gorge (Wikipedia)
Granite, Materials
Source Bode Gorge (Wikipedia)

Caused By

Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Bode Gorge

In Discipline

Geomorphology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Bode Gorge
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Germany

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Bode Gorge
Sources
1. Bode Gorge (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Bode Gorge (German: Bodetal) is a 10 km (6.2 mi) long ravine that forms part of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany.
  • Associated With: Granite, Lead paragraph
    At the Bode Gorge, the River Bode, which rises on the highest mountain in the Harz, the Brocken, has cut deeply into the hard Ramberg granite rock.
  • Associated With: Carboniferous, Article text, age Carboniferous
    from intrusions of Ramberg granite, which rose to the surface and solidified 300 million years ago in the Upper Carboniferous Period, and their associated veins of quartz, the ravine of the Bode also cuts through hornfels and knotenschiefer (a type of slate), as well as argillite and
  • Associated With: Granite, Lead, rock Granite
    At the Bode Gorge, the River Bode, which rises on the highest mountain in the Harz, the Brocken, has cut deeply into the hard Ramberg granite rock.
  • In Group: Gorges and Ravines, Lead paragraph
    The Bode Gorge (German: Bodetal) is a 10 km (6.2 mi) long ravine that forms part of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany.
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Wikidata: Bode Gorge
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