Surprising rocks and rivers

Surprising rocks and rivers


Sometimes a simple hike along a river near a city (not in a wild region) can reserve some surprises.

Rocks can be arranged in vertical beddings that show particular shapes in the riverbed.

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Beddings that generally would be horizontally arranged can be vertical, inclined, and also folded.

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Waters can erode some finer beds living the harder ones to become a sort of natural menhirs...

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or lithic fences.

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This is nature and the nature has decided to erase all. T

he pictures were taken some ten years ago before a flood (and a hydraulic defense collapse) washed all the things changing the landscape of the river. 

The amazing rock outcrops shown in these pictures doesn't exist yet.

 

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Nature tells tales: it is not fiction, it's Nature
Nature tells tales: it is not fiction, it's Nature

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