Category: Geological Geosites

North of the village of Tzourtzia (Ag. Paraskevi) which is located on the slopes of Tzoumerka, above the central bed of Aspropotamos, we find the largest waterfall in the area, which the locals call “The Mandani of the Devil”. There is a path leading to the waterfall that starts from…

Tripio Lithari is a natural arch formed by the erosion of the limestone rocks on the eastern ridge of Koziakas, at an altitude of 1650m., and is one of the reference points for the mountain. The Arch, with a diameter of about 10 meters, forms a passage to the western…

The tectonic unit of Koziakas mountain along with the ophiolitic rocks are tectonically placed towards the west on the Tertiary flysch of the Pindos zone, forming the Koziakas thrust fault zone. Koziakas thrust fault zone is showing the very characteristic direction of compression during the final stage of the Alpine…

Multicolored deep-sea sediments appear along the main road in the Malakasi area. These formations were created by deposition on the ocean floor of the Tethys that separated Eurasia from Africa during the Mesozoic period. Tethys ocean was destroyed by the collision of the two lithospheric plates. Their current position is…

Cavity features called “tafoni” are located in the rock formations of Agios Dimitrios, just a few kilometers north of Meteora. On the surface of the conglomerate formations of Agios Dimitrios, erosion processes created large or small caverns in the rocks known as “tafoni,” or honeycomb structures. “Tafoni” are cavity features…

Gavros landform is the continuation of the Meteora formation towards the north. The outcrop is composed of molassic sediments, conglomerates, and sandstones belonging to the Mesohellenic trough. The lower parts of the conglomerates show cross-bedding and are characterized as old undersea scree cones, while the upper parts also include layers…