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Geological Formation

Ravenna Gorge

Gorges and Canyons

Ravenna Gorge is a roughly four kilometer long gorge in Germany's Black Forest, running as a narrow side valley off the Hollental up to the village of Breitnau within the municipality of Breitnau. A mountain stream drops through the gorge over two named waterfalls, the 16 meter Great Ravenna Fall and the 6 meter Little Ravenna Fall, and the gorge is spanned by the 37 meter high Ravenna Bridge railway viaduct. Historic features along its length include the Grossjockenmuhle water mill of 1883 and Saint Oswald's Chapel, built in 1148, and the nearby Hotel Hofgut Sternen once hosted Marie Antoinette in 1770 and Goethe in 1779; the gorge's name is thought to derive from the French word ravine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
Locally or Regionally Protected 1
Protected Status
Natura 2000 Site 1
Connections

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: Ravenna 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: Ravenna Gorge
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Germany

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Ravenna Gorge
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Ravenna Gorge, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN
  • name_eng and desig_eng
    "name_eng": "Südschwarzwald", "desig_eng": "Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)"
  • desig_eng, designation 29 of the point search
    "name_eng": "Breitnau-Hinterzarten", "desig_eng": "Landscape Protection Area"
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Ravenna Gorge (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Ravenna Gorge (German: Ravennaschlucht) is a gorge in the Black Forest in southwest Germany.
  • In Group: Gorges and Ravines, Lead paragraph
    The Ravenna Gorge (German: Ravennaschlucht) is a gorge in the Black Forest in southwest Germany.
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Wikidata: Ravenna Gorge
Wikidata Q2133637, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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