Partnach
The Partnach is an mountain river in Bavaria, Germany. It rises at a height of on the Zugspitze Massif. The Partnach is fed by meltwaters from the Schneeferner glacier some higher up. The glacier's meltwaters seep into the karsty bedrock and reach the surface again near the source of the Partnach. The Partnach then flows down the Reintal valley. Until 2005 there were two mountain lakes here – the Vordere Blaue Gumpe and the Hintere Blaue Gumpe. At the first lake the water of the Partnach was impounded by scree from rock slides. As a result of heavy rain the natural dam, caused by rockfalls, was partially carried away and the lake was completed filled with sediment. As a result, the Blaue Gumpe does not exist any longer today. Tributaries The Partnach has the following tributaries which join it at or near the river kilometre shown in brackets: *Kanker (0.9) *Boddenberggraben (3.2) *Hornschlittengraben (4.1) *Eselsberggraben (4.4) *Wildsaugraben (4.7) *Graseckgraben (4.8) ...
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Partnachklamm
The Partnach Gorge (german: Partnachklamm) is a deep gorge that has been incised by a mountain stream, the Partnach, in the Reintal valley near the south German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The gorge is long and, in places, over deep. It was designated a natural monument in 1912. Geology and origin In the Triassic, about 240 million years ago, on the bed of a shallow sea, dark grey, relatively hard layers of Alpine muschelkalk, so-called ''Wurstelkalk'', were laid down in the area of the present day Partnach Gorge. On the bead-like strata of this rock the traces of the burrowing and feeding of marine animals can still be seen. Importantly, about 5 million years later, softer marls were deposited in the same marine basin, which today are known as Partnach Strata (''Partnach-schichten''). In the course of the subsequent Alpine mountain folding the so-called Warnberg Saddle (''Warnberger Sattel'') was formed from these rock strata. The erosion force of the Partnach str ...
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Zugspitze
The Zugspitze (), at above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the Austria–Germany border runs over its western summit. South of the mountain is the ''Zugspitzplatt'', a high karst plateau with numerous caves. On the flanks of the Zugspitze are three glaciers, including the two largest in Germany: the Northern Schneeferner with an area of 30.7 hectares and the Höllentalferner with an area of 24.7 hectares. The third is the Southern Schneeferner which covers 8.4 hectares. The Zugspitze was first climbed on 27 August 1820 by Josef Naus, his survey assistant, Maier, and mountain guide, Johann Georg Tauschl. Today there are three normal routes to the summit: one from the Höllental valley to the northeast; another out of the Reintal valley to the southeast; and the third from the west over the Austrian Cirque (''Österreichische Schneekar''). One ...
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Reintal (Wetterstein)
The Reintal ("Rein Valley") is the name given to the upper and lower valleys of the River Partnach between the ''Zugspitzplatt'' plateau and the Partnachklamm gorge. A hiking route to Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze runs through the valley. The valley was formed during the Würm Ice Age by the Reintal Glacier and then deepened by the Partnach in the post-ice age period after the retreat of the glacier to the periphery of the Schneefernerkopf mountain. The upper Reintal, which was shaped by the glacier and today forms a U-shaped glacial valley, ends between the ''Hohe Gaifkopf'' in the west and the Schachen in the east. The lower Reintal lies in the area of the former glacial lake of the Loisach Glacier, into which the Reintal Glacier flowed from the southwest. It is a V-shaped valley and has been predominantly shaped by the Partnach river. Together with the Höllental valley to the north, the Reintal divides the Wetterstein Mountains into several ridges. The no ...
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the Oberbayern region, which borders Austria. Nearby is Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze, at above sea level. The town is known as the site of the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, the first to include alpine skiing, and hosts a variety of winter sports competitions. History Garmisch (in the west) and Partenkirchen (in the east) were separate towns for many centuries, and still maintain quite separate identities. Partenkirchen originated as the Roman town of ''Partanum'' on the trade route from Venice to Augsburg and is first mentioned in the year A.D. 15. Its main street, Ludwigsstrasse, follows the original Roman road. Garmisch was first mentioned some 800 years later as ''Germaneskau'' ("German District"), suggesting that at some ...
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List Of Rivers Of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach *Afferbach * Affinger Bach *Ailsbach * Aisch * Aiterach * Alpbach * Alster * Altmühl * Alz * Amper *Anlauter *Arbach * Arbachgraben *Aschaff * Aschbach * Attel * Aubach, tributary of the Elsava * Aubach, tributary of the Lohr * Aubach, tributary of the Schwabach * Auer Mühlbach *Auerbach *Aufseß *Aura * Aurach, tributary of the Rednitz * Aurach, tributary of the Regnitz in Middle Franconia * Aurach, tributary of the Regnitz in Upper Franconia * Autenbach B * Bachhaupter Laber * Bächlesbach * Bachmühlbach *Bachquellengraben * Bachwiesengraben * Banzerbach *Baunach * Bayerbacher Bach *Beibuschbach * Berchtesgadener Ache * Bessenbach *Betzenbach * Biber * Biberbach *Bibert * Bina * Blankenbach * Bolgenach * Bösbach *Brandenberger Ache * Braunau * Breitach * Breitbach * Breitenbach *Breitenbrunner Bach * Breitenbrunner Laber * Brend * Brenz * Brombach * Bruchbach * Bruckbach * Brunnbach * Brunnenbach * Brunnthaler Q ...
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Loisach
The Loisach is a river that flows through Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany. Its name might be Celtic in origin, from Proto-Celtic ''*lawo'' and ''*iskā'', both of which mean "water". The Loisach goes through the great swamp . The Loisach is a left tributary to the Isar. The source of the Loisach is near Ehrwald in Austria. The Loisach flows past Garmisch-Partenkirchen and into the Kochelsee. At the Kochelsee the water that was diverted from the upper river Isar for the Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station joins the Loisach. The Loisach then flows out of Kochelsee and joins the Isar at Wolfratshausen. A canal joins the Isar and the Loisach returning the water diverted for power generation to the Isar before Wolfratshausen to reduce the risk of flooding in the town. The most important tributaries of the Loisach entering from the right-hand side are the Hammersbach, the Partnach near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the streams Kuhflucht near Farchant, Röhrlbach and Lauterbac ...
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Schneeferner
} The Schneeferner in the Bavarian Alps is Germany's highest and largest glacier.''Kaltgestellter Gletscher''
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Geography

Schneeferner glacier is located on the '''', a plateau south of the country's highest peak, the , that descends from west to east and forms the head of the Reintal valley. The

Steg (Brücke)
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