View of Rathen from the Bastei over the Elbe valley, Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Sächsische Schweiz, Saxony, Germany

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The Bastei is a rock formation towering 194 metres above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. Reaching a height of 305 metres above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over one million years ago.

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Location: Bastei, Sächsische Schweiz, Saxony, Germany
Photo credit: © Jorge Tutor / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: bastei, cruiser, elbe, eroded, erosion, germany, highlands, pillars, rathen, river, sachsische, sandstone, saxony, schweiz, valley, ächsische