Felsenmeer

As rock sea or sea Steinernes numerous extensive stone or rock formations are called. The term " rock sea ," ie, used in parallel to geoscience specific names regardless of the mode of origin and expression in the vernacular. It may be in the so named geotopes among other things, boulders, block streams, collapsed cave systems or simply to larger accumulations striking rocks.

Formation

Result is the formation of most rocks to weathering and denudation seas larger rock strata. In past centuries, they have been used in some places as quarries; Today there are many rock oceans under protection and are at the same time as a tourist attraction.

To rock oceans often shrouded in locally different legends about dwarfs, giants and trolls.

Felsenmeer list

Among the rocks seas

In Germany:

• Felsenmeer Hemer, Hemer, Sauerland, North Rhine -Westphalia
• Felsenmeer at Lauter -Reichenbach, Odenwald, Hesse
• Felsenmeer in Ebersberg, im Odenwald, Hesse
• Volzemer stones, rocks sea at Dobel, in the northern Black Forest, Baden- Württemberg
• Felsenmeer hut mountain hut on the mountain, near the Kalmit, in the Palatinate Forest, Rhineland -Palatinate
• Rocky seas on the king chair at Heidelberg, at the Kleiner Odenwald, Baden- Württemberg
• Felsenmeer at Murrhardt, near the ream mountain tower, in Murrhardt Forest, Baden- Württemberg
• Felsenmeer in Wental, in Bartholomew, in the Swabian Alb, Baden- Wuerttemberg
• Block sea at Lusen, on the Lusen ( 1373 m), in the Bavarian Forest, Bavaria

In the Czech Republic:

• Small rock oceans on Vysoký kámen ( high stone) in the Vogtland

• Erosion