The "Roche à
l'Appel" bordering the Givonne Cambrian mountain massif (570
million years) is the centre of the nature preserve of the
non-profit organisation called "Ardenne – Gaume". This escarpment
of heavy pudding-stone which emerged from the secondary sea is the
only witness of the basic layers of the Gedinnian age, known as the
foundation of Mondrepuits.
Faults at
the spot where mountains of the palaeozoic era meet the "Paris
basin," revealing 400,000,000 year-old conglomerates.
In
structural geology and geomorphology, a "slope" is a ridge formed
by gently tilted sedimentary rock strata in a homoclinal structure.
"Slopes" have a steep slope, where the rock layers are exposed on
their edges, called an escarpment or, if more steep, a cliff.
Usually an erosion-resistant rock layer also has a more gentle
slope on the other side of the ridge called a 'dip
slope'.
The
neighbouring forest it is a very pleasant setting. Two trails lead
to the top of the "Roche à l'Appel", offer an outstanding view of
the nearby Ardenne forest and the first two slopes (geology also
called Homoclinal Ridge or ......). To the north, there is the
estate of Amerois, which used to be owned by the Count of Flanders
(father of King Albert I). Along the Monty path, it is possible to
see, in the distance, the castle owned by the Solvay
family.
To log your
visit send a photograph of your group at the site and email the
answer to the following question to me first using the profile. If
your answer is correct you get an Ok and you can log the cache with
a picture at the location mentioned below.
Go to N49°
44.060 E005°11.105 and answer the question: How do you call the
landscape you see here?
Logs based
on wrong answer or logs with wrong picture or logs without an OK
will be removed.
Parking your
car on the following
coordinates.
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