2868 x 4352 px | 24,3 x 36,8 cm | 9,6 x 14,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
4 aprile 2013
Ubicazione:
River Erme, Longtimber Woods, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK
Altre informazioni:
The swift waters of the River Erme- here racing through the first of two Grade 4 ‘dog-leg’ rapids deep in the Upper section of the Erme Gorge - in the Longtimber Woods (on the fringe of Dartmoor National Park in South Devon. The ‘dog-leg’ falls at this point are some of the more challenging whitewater rapids descents in the UK - in spate conditions reaching Grade 5 or 6! * A period of mountain building towards the end of the Carboniferous (known as the Variscan Orogeny) resulted in the spectacular folding and faulting of the Carboniferous rocks. A general uplift of the area that is now Devon came to form mountains, possibly up to 3, 000m high. Under a subtropical, arid climate, large amounts of sediment from the mountain chain were swept down by temporary rivers to the surrounding desert valleys and plains.
