Cascate del Rio Verde
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Cascate del Rio Verde, located in Borrello
are the highest natural waterfall
s in the Italian
Apennines.
Cascate del Rio Verde consists of three jumps for a total of over 200 meters. The panorama is made up of rocks, made up of calcarenite
s and marl
s resting on clay
.
Borrello
Borrello is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of ItalyThe highest waterfalls in the Apennines, Cascate del Rio Verde are located there.Borrello's name derives from the Borrello family that had lordship there for a long time....
are the highest natural waterfall
Waterfall
A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...
s in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Apennines.
Cascate del Rio Verde consists of three jumps for a total of over 200 meters. The panorama is made up of rocks, made up of calcarenite
Calcarenite
thumb|250px|The [[Pietra di Bismantova]] in central [[Italy]] is an example of calcarenite formation.Calcarenite is a type of limestone that is composed predominately, more than 50 percent, of detrital sand-size , carbonate grains...
s and marl
Marl
Marl or marlstone is a calcium carbonate or lime-rich mud or mudstone which contains variable amounts of clays and aragonite. Marl was originally an old term loosely applied to a variety of materials, most of which occur as loose, earthy deposits consisting chiefly of an intimate mixture of clay...
s resting on clay
Clay
Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...
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