A geotope is the geological component of the abiotic matrix present in an ecotope. Example geotopes might be an exposed outcrop of rocks, an erratic boulder...
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List of protected areas of Svalbard (section National parks, nature reserves and geotope protection areas)
national parks, six nature reserves, fifteen bird sanctuaries and one geotope protected area. In addition, human traces dating from before 1946 are automatically...
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the Greek bios (meaning 'life') and topos ('place'). (The related word geotope has made its way into the English language by the same route, from the...
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Alte Burg (Altenstein) (section Geotope)
by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment as geotope number 674A010. Because the geotope is part of the Hassberge Castle Trail, information boards...
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Red Main (section Bodenmühlwand geotope)
The Red Main (German: Roter Main or Rotmain) is a river in southern Germany. It is the southern, left headstream of the river Main. It rises in the hills...
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Großer Rachel (section Geotope)
Großer Rachel are designated as an important geotope by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (Geotope no.: 276R029). View of the Großer Rachel View...
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Danube Gorge (Weltenburg) (category Geotopes)
Bavarian county of Kelheim, which has been recognised as a nature reserve and geotope. This section of the valley in the southern Franconian Jura is officially...
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Pfahl (Bavarian Forest) (category Geotopes)
regions. One notable geotope there is the Buchberger Leite. In 2006 the Pfahl was added to the list of 77 outstanding national geotopes in Germany. "Großer...
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Yonaguni Monument (category Geotopes)
The Yonaguni Monument (Japanese: 与那国島海底地形, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, lit. "Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography"), also known as "Yonaguni...
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White Main Spring (section Geotope)
spring is designated by the Bavarian Department of the Environment as Geotope 472Q003. Dietmar Herrmann: Der Ochsenkopf im Fichtelgebirge; Band 17/2009...
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Festningen Geotope Protected Area (Norwegian: Festningen geotopvernområde) is located at the outermost edge of Grønfjorden's mouth to Isfjorden on Nordenskiöld...
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Grand Canyon National Park (category Geotopes)
Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwestern Arizona, is the 15th site in the United States to have been named as a national park. The park's central...
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Buchberger Leite (category Geotopes)
2003 by the Bavarian Environment Ministry as one of the 100 mos beautiful geotopes in Bavaria. Further south its waters empty into the River Ilz. At the westernmost...
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König-Otto-Tropfsteinhöhle (section Geotope)
cave is designated by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment as Geotope 373H001. From April to October, regular guided tours take place via easily...
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Arches National Park (category Geotopes)
Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 mi (6 km) north of Moab, Utah. The...
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of Westerwaldkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a geotope of the Westerwald-Lahn-Taunus Geopark The Bacher Lay is a disused basalt...
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Sassen-Bünsow Land and Sør-Spitsbergen. The island also features Festningen Geotope Protected Area; some of the northeastern coast is part of Nordaust-Svalbard...
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fragmented rhythms and advanced sound design. They have released albums such as Geotope(2012), A Smaller Divide (2014) and Ground and Figure (2016) on Editions...
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On a smaller scale, these karst processes are still working. Important geotopes are found at the Swabian Alb, mainly in valleys at the foremost northwest...
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Großer Falkenstein (section Geotope)
crag of the Großer Falkenstein has been designated as an important geotope (Geotope no.: 276R022) by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment. e.g...
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Because of their role in Swiss cartography, the rocks have been declared a "Geotope", a national site of geological heritage. Genevan scientist Horace Bénédict...
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merging fifteen villages surrounding the gorge. Since 2006, it is a national geotope. The name "Porta Westfalica" is a Latin term that means "Gate to Westphalia"...
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Smoking Hills (category Geotopes)
The Smoking Hills are located on the east coast of Cape Bathurst in Canada's Northwest Territories, next to the Arctic Ocean and a small group of lakes...
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recognised the Rhön as a biosphere reserve. Among the most picturesque geotopes in Bavaria, are the Franconian sites of Fossa Carolina, the Twelve Apostle...
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of the Brocken, together with 76 other interesting geotopes, were designated as a "National Geotope". The Brocken is a place of extreme weather conditions...
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erratic boulders, of which the 22 largest belong to legally-protected geotopes (see also: Erratics on and around Rügen). The heartland of Rügen is gently...
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument (category Geotopes)
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is located in northern Coconino County, Arizona, United States, immediately south of the Utah state line. This national...
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Monte Kaolino (section Geotope status)
Bayerische Landesamt für Umwelt lists the „Monte Kaolino“ bei Hirschau as a geotope. List of funicular railways "Über Uns – Monte Kaolino" (in German). Retrieved...
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