The Groapa Ruginoasa
by Martin Reiser, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
The Groapa Ruginoasa - Valea Seacă (Romanian: Rusty Pit - Dry Valley) is a
natural monument near the Vârtop Pass in the Apuseni Mountains (Romania): Erosion of quartzites, sandstones
and red clays formed this 100 m deep and 600 m wide, reddish gully.
Taken on 10
September
2011
Submitted on 26 February 2015
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- Exact location (22.6759 E, 46.5226 N)
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mountains, erosion, gully erosion, romania, rocks, apuseni, red
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