Bletterbach
| Bletterbach | |
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| Country | Italy |
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| • location | At foot of Weißhorn (South Tyrol) |
| Length | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
The Bletterbach is a stream in South Tyrol, Italy.
The Bletterbach is cutting through deposits of the Lower Permian to the Upper Anis, namely the Bolzano Quartz Porphyry (~272 Ma), the , which is famous for its fossil footprints, the , the Werfen Formation and the of which the top of the Weißhorn consists.
The rocks in the Bellerophon Formation contain evaporites and show a transgression, the stratigraphically lower sediments have evidence of terrigenous influence, the upper sediments got mainly formed in a marine environment.
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Coordinates: 46°21′28″N 11°26′03″E / 46.357828°N 11.434193°E
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Categories:
- Rivers of South Tyrol
- Geology of Italy
- Rivers of Italy
- Italy river stubs