Ennepetal gorges
| Ennepetal gorges | |||
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| Systematics according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | ||
| Greater region 1st order | Low mountain range threshold | ||
| Greater region 2nd order | Rhenish Slate Mountains | ||
| Main unit group | 33 → Süderbergland |
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| About main unit | 336 → West Sauerland Oberland |
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| 4th order region (main unit) |
336 1 → Märkisches Oberland |
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| 5th order region | 336 1 .1 → Hagen edge heights |
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| Natural space |
336 1 .10 → Ennepetal gorges |
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| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 17 ′ 51 ″ N , 7 ° 21 ′ 22 ″ E | ||
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| local community | Ennepetal | ||
| state | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
The Ennepetal gorges are a natural spatial unit with the order number 336 1 .10 within the Hagen border heights (336 1 .1) and, according to the handbook of the natural classification of Germany, comprise the mostly forested valleys deeply cut into the Breckerfeld plateau (336 1 .0) the middle Ennepe and Heilenbecke between Ennepetal - Milspe and the Ennepetalsperre or the Heilenbecker dam .
The rivers have dug themselves steeply and deeply into the slate and sandstone of the Brandenberg strata of the Eifelium . The lively slope of the water-rich Ennepe and Heilenbecke favored the settlement of numerous proto-industrial water mills and hammer mills .
A special feature in the natural area is the Klutert cave in the lower slope of the Klutertberg near Milspe, which was created by leaching in the limestone deposits of a residual deposit from the upper Honsel layers .