The Stretta di Fleons is a deep gorge carved by the turbulent waters of the Degano torrent as it runs between the eastern slope of Monte Navastolt and the western one of Navagiust. This too, like the gorge on the Rio Bordaglia, is set within the metamorphosed marbles derived from …
From Casera Sissanis di Sopra you can see Monte Navastolt which represents the easternmost part of the Monte Avanza group. This area, unique in the Region, is made up only of metamorphic rocks. The metamorphosis of these rocks began 350 million years ago with the initial compressions of the Hercynian …
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The Lake of Bordaglia is a small stretch of water that occupies a basin of glacial origin, elongated along a line running north-east – south-west, the same as the bundle of faults featured in the Val Bordaglia Line. The lake can be reached from the Casera Bordaglia di Sopra by …
From this point, looking east, a panoramic view opens up towards the Monte Volaia group, Cogliàns and the Creta di Chianevate. These reliefs are made up of platform limestones dating back to the Devonian (420-360 million years ago) and constitute the nucleus of the most imposing Palaeozoic organogenic reef visible …
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The Casera Bordaglia di Sopra is located within the area of the “Val Bordaglia Line”, a geosite covering an area 750m wide and 2.5km long, that extends as far as Passo Giramondo. This is a bundle of fractures involving rocks formed from the Devonian to the Middle Triassic. As a …
From the Casera Bordaglia di Sotto, looking south, you can see Monte Vas and Cima Ombladet. Cima Ombladet features the Zollner (Lower Devonian – Lower Carboniferous) and Hochwipfel (Carboniferous) Formations consisting of dark rocks. Their morphology is softer and covered with vegetation. The underlying Formation of the massive limestones of …
From the Casera Bordaglia di Sotto, looking south, you can see the reliefs that form the southern side of the Val Bordaglia, that include Monte Vas (on the right) and Cima Ombladet (on the left). The side of Monte Vas has large asymmetrical folds. The direction of their axes leads …
In its final stretch the Rio Bordaglia has carved out a small gorge. The erosion that has deepened the course of the stream has affected the compact marbles originating from metamorphosed Devonian limestones. At this point you can observe certain morphologies that characterize these environments, such as erosion pots and …