Pasecký vodopád, Waterfall in Paseka, Czech Republic
Pasecký vodopád is a waterfall near Paseka that drops across three rock steps formed from slate and siltstone. The water tumbles down these natural ledges, shaped over time by the flowing stream.
The stone walls flanking the waterfall were built from stacked stones, likely during the founding of the Pasecký Žleb settlement. They reinforced the stream banks below the road. The settlement's origin date is not recorded in the sources.
The name Teplička, used for the stream and sometimes for the falls, comes from the Czech word for "warm". The stone walls flanking the cascade were probably laid when the Pasecký Žleb settlement was founded, to hold the banks below the road. A second cascade on the same stream lies about 2.5 km upstream and often runs dry.
The approach to the waterfall is difficult and it is freely accessible year-round. A small car park, an information board and a roofed wooden viewing point stand above the cascade, by the road to Pasecký Žleb. The site lies at 340 m above sea level.
The three lowest steps of the slate and greywacke stairway are about 5 metres high and form the cascade itself. A second cascade on the Teplička lies roughly 2.5 km upstream, about 3 metres high, and often carries little water.
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