Ha Gorge

Cha (Greek Xα, partially listed as Ha ) is the name of a non-walkable gorge in eastern Crete. It is derived from the Greek word for " Echo / Sound " ( ηχώ ). Above the north side of the western canyon output is the archaeological site Katalimata.

Location

The Cha Canyon runs east of the isthmus between Pachia Ammos and Ierapetra to almost 800 meters in height direction Thrypti Mountains. It is one of the few gorges of Crete, which runs north-south direction is not in, but in East -West.

Nature

Geologically, their origin not due to the erosion by flowing water, but by a tectonic fault. The Cha Gorge is the largest tectonic Europe. Your lower output is a deep cut in the rock, where the water rushes in winter in a cascade of waterfalls in depth and has ground pool and bizarre shapes in the rock. At the gorge output there is a chapel and the remains of two Horizontalrad water mills, typical of streams with strong water level changes in the eastern Mediterranean ( for more details see below Myrthios ). Hikers can reach the upper part of the gorge of the cemented access road to Thrypti from.