Glacier Garden near Hallstatt

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The Riesenkessel largest kettle hole in the Glacier Garden Gletschergarten Echerntal near Hallstatt Salzkammergut Austria Formed by glacial meltwater as the glacier retreated 12 000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age these erosion features were scoured out of the limestone by stones carried by the fast flowing water The Dürrenbach river now much reduced flows into the Waldbach

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Size: 5002px × 3430px
Location: Austria
Photo credit: © Michael Freeman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: age, austria, durrenbach, echerntal, erosion, glacier, gletschergarten, hallstatt, ice, kettle, landscape, limestone, riesenkesel, river, romantic, salzkammergut, valley, waldbach