The Baatara Gorge is a waterfall located in Tannoruine,
Lebanon. It’s without a doubt one of the most surreal waterfalls one can visit.
The waterfall has a height of 255 meters (837 feet) into what’s known as the
Baatara pothole – a cave made of Jurrassic limestone located at the base of the
waterfall. The water falls between three natural bridges, each one directly
below the previous.
The pothole was first explored in 1952 and was fully mapped
in the 1980s. There is a whole underground system of passages, which continue
to evolve as the rock freezes and thaws in winter. A 1988 fluorescent dye test
demonstrated that the water emerged at the spring of Dalleh in Mgharet
al-Ghaouaghir.
Baatara gorge waterfall
(Balaa gorge waterfall) is a waterfall in the Tannourine, Lebanon.
The waterfall descends the Baatara Pothole, located on the Lebanon Mountain Trail.[ Discovered in 1952, the waterfall drops 255 m into a cave of jurassic limestone. The waterfall and accompanying sinkhole were fully mapped in the 1980s by the Speleo club du liban. The cave is also known as the "Cave of the Three Bridges. Traveling from Laklouk to Tannourine one passes the village of Balaa, and the "Three Bridges Chasm" (in French "Gouffre des Trois Ponts") is a five minute journey into the valley below where one sees three natural bridges, rising one above the other and overhanging a chasm descending into Mount Lebanon. During the spring snow melt, a 90-100 meter cascade falls behind the three bridges and then down into the 250 meter chasm. A 1988 florescent dye test demonstrated that the water emerged at the spring of Dalleh in Mgharet a Ghaouaghir.
The waterfall descends the Baatara Pothole, located on the Lebanon Mountain Trail.[ Discovered in 1952, the waterfall drops 255 m into a cave of jurassic limestone. The waterfall and accompanying sinkhole were fully mapped in the 1980s by the Speleo club du liban. The cave is also known as the "Cave of the Three Bridges. Traveling from Laklouk to Tannourine one passes the village of Balaa, and the "Three Bridges Chasm" (in French "Gouffre des Trois Ponts") is a five minute journey into the valley below where one sees three natural bridges, rising one above the other and overhanging a chasm descending into Mount Lebanon. During the spring snow melt, a 90-100 meter cascade falls behind the three bridges and then down into the 250 meter chasm. A 1988 florescent dye test demonstrated that the water emerged at the spring of Dalleh in Mgharet a Ghaouaghir.
Only discovered in 1952 the
Baatara Waterfall in Lebanon is something more than a little unusual. If
waterfalls can be said to have a trick up their sleeve then this one has one of
the best. The waterfall drops a staggering 837 feet (255 meters) in to an
enormous cave of Jurassic limestone.
Situated on the Lebanon
Mountain Trail the abyss in to which the waterfall drops is also known as the
Three Bridge Chasm. It gets this name because the journey in to the valley
below takes in three naturally formed bridges, each rising above the one below.
The waterfall is at its
peak when the winter snows begin to melt and the water cascades in to the
chasm. Scientists in the eighties dyed the water and showed that it eventually
came back in to daylight in the nearby village of Mgharet al-Ghaouaghir.
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