Limestone plateaus of North-Estonia

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• Harju-Viru limestone plateau

  The Harju plateau, the Pandivere Upland and the Viru plateau can be considered as the more or less geologically uniform Harju-Viru limestone plateau. It is ...
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• The North-Estonian Klint, cliffs and waterfalls

  The North-Estonian Klint is the steep northern margin of the flat limestone plateau. It is one of the most picturesque natural monuments in Estonia, it ...
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• Karst forms

  In the watersheds of the North-Estonian plateau, the rain water infiltrates through thin Quaternary cover and limestone pores and cracks. Striving for the springs and ...
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• The Pandivere Upland

  The Pandivere Upland is the highest bedrock upland in Estonia. Its bedrock is represented by Middle and Upper Ordovician and Lower Silurian limestones. The Izhora ...
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• Land forms

  The Harju plateau, the Pandivere Upland and the Viru plateau have much in common, and their landscape features are similar. The surface topography of all ...
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• Human impact on shaping the landscape

  On the North-Estonian limestone plateaus, the history of human colonisation can be traced back about 10 000 years. Most of the stone-age settlements were located ...
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