Icefall in Pohoř, Rock formation in Pohoř, Czech Republic.
The Icefall in Pohoř is a small icefall about 4 m high in a former quarry northwest-west of Pohoř, a local part of Odry in the Nový Jičín district. Water seeps through a quarry wall left by extraction of greywacke and, in cold winter conditions, coats the rock in ice and forms the fall. The site lies in forest on a hillside by the road between Odry and Pohoř.
The site is a former quarry where greywacke was extracted, leaving a rock face about 4 m high. The quarrying exposed fine-grained greywacke and clayey shale of the Kyjovice beds, in which kilometre-scale synclines and a clearly visible fold hinge can be seen. Water seeping through the cliff freezes in cold winters to form the icefall.
The site lies in a former quarry where the rock face was cut for greywacke, a fine-grained sandstone. The name Pohořský ledopád comes from the village of Pohoř, part of Odry, and refers to the ice that forms on the wall in cold winters. Visitors can read the folded layers of the Kyjovice Formation in the exposed rock.
The icefall lies in the woods on a slope beside the road between Odry and Pohoř, in a former quarry of greywacke. The site is freely accessible all year; the ice forms only in cold winter conditions, and the wall is about 4 m high.
The ice forms on a quarry wall of greywacke, a fine-grained sandstone, where water seeps through the rock. The site also exposes kilometre-scale synclines and a clearly visible fold hinge in the Kyjovice layers. The icefall reaches about 4 m and is freely accessible all year.
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