Love Padlocks - Rhine Falls, Switzerland
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ToRo61
N 47° 40.636 E 008° 36.874
32T E 471069 N 5280502
Love Padlocks on the staircase beside Rhine Falls.
Waymark Code: WMP720
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Date Posted: 07/12/2015
Views: 15
The falls are located on the High Rhine between the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Laufen-Uhwiesen, near the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zürich. They are 150 m (450 ft) wide and 23 m (75 ft) high. In the winter months, the average water flow is 250 m³/s, while in the summer, the average water flow is 700 m³/s. The highest flow ever measured was 1,250 m³/s in 1965; and the lowest, 95 m³/s in 1921.
The Rhine Falls were formed in the last ice age, approximately 14,000 to 17,000 years ago, by erosion-resistant rocks narrowing the riverbed. The first glacial advances created today's landforms approximately 500,000 years ago.
During the Würm glaciation, the Rhine was pushed far to the south to its present course, over a hard Late Jurassic limestone bed. As the river flowed over both the hard limestone and the easily eroded gravel from previous glaciations, the current waterfall formed about 14,000 to 17,000 years ago. The Rheinfallfelsen, a large rock, is the remnant of the original limestone cliff flanking the former channel. The rock has eroded very little over the years because relatively little sediment comes down the Rhine from Lake Constance.
Structure/Location: fence next to the staircase
Approximate number of padlocks at this location: 20
Approximate year of the first padlock at this location: Not listed
Website of some background information about the padlocks at this location: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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