The Triberg Waterfalls are
waterfalls near
Triberg in the Black Forest in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
(
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
). With a descent of 163 m, it is one of the highest waterfalls in Germany and a landmark in the
Black Forest
The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...
region.
Above
Triberg, in the midst of Black Forest, the
Gutach river plunges over seven major steps from a gently undulated high plain into a rocky V-shaped valley.
In Triberg, at the bottom of the falls, the deep valley forms a basin just wide enough for a small town. The steep basin and the waterfalls were initially formed by two faults in the granite and then by
glacier
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
s during several glaciations of the
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...
.
Triberg with its waterfalls is a popular tourist spot, attracting a large number of both domestic and foreign tourists each year. The upper part of the falls is less spectacular. Here the water is used by a small and very old hydroelectric power plant.
Photo gallery
File:Wasserfall triberg.jpg, Lowest four steps of Triberg Falls in early spring
File:Triberg Wasserfalle.jpg, The Triberg waterfalls in 2018
File:Schonach-Wasserfall Triberg.jpg, The small waterfall of the Schonach (tributary of the Gutach) in Triberg
File:Entrance to Triberg waterfall.jpg, A sign at the entrance of the waterfall: ''Germany's highest waterfall''. (This claim is actually incorrect, as Germany's highest waterfall is the Rothbachfall, near the Konigssee in Upper Bavaria.
See also
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List of waterfalls
This list of notable waterfalls of the world is sorted by continent, then country, then province, state or territory. A waterfall is included if it is at least tall and has an existing Wikipedia article, or it is considered historically sig ...
References
External links
Information about the waterfallson the website of the community of Triberg (German)
Photos of Triberg Waterfalls (Spanish)
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Waterfalls of Germany
Black Forest
Geography of the Black Forest
WTriberg
Landforms of Baden-Württemberg
Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis