The Cave Of Three Bridges In Lebanon Become A Waterfall In Winter
These classic cave bridges aren’t from some strange movie set. They’re part of a real sandstone cave. Named Baatara Gorge Waterfall, or also known from “Three Bridge Chasm,” in Tannourine, Lebanon was carved out of antique limestone over millions of years by winter meltwater from snow.The waterfall, which is served by meltwater from Mount Lebanon, falls about 250 meters into the chasm lowest point past 160 million year old limestone from the Jurassic era. Experiments carried out with fluorescent dye in 1988 shown that the water from the chasm occurs from underground at a spring in the near town of Mgharet al Ghaouaghir.
Symbols at the cave discourage tourists from standing on the bridges or coming to close to the frame the edges are slippery, and the bridges may collapse under the weight of too many tourists.
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