General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Bruntál
Cadastre: Rešov, Ruda u Rýmařova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1442, 14424
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 900

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Waterfalls of a cascade type. They were formed in a gorge with rocks of keratophyre composition near their contact with basic metavolcanites and metatuffs. Interesting landform phenomena.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geomorphology, structural geology, petrology, geology
Geological phenomenon: waterfall, horizontal section, gorge
Genesis: aquatic (water activity)
Rock: alkali-feldspar-trachyandesite, metabasalt, greywacke, siltstone, slate, schist

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Barth, V. (1959): Geologie soutěsky Rešovských vodopádů. - Sbor. Vys. Školy pedag. v Olomouci, přír. vědy, 7, 3. Olomouc. Czudek, T. (1984): Rešovské vodopády. - Vlastivědné listy, 10, 31-32. Opava.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Koverdynský Bohdan, 24.11.93
Updated by: Večeřa Josef 14.11.08, Pecina Vratislav 01.06.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 900 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/900.

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