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Waterfall over Zvigulu Cliffs
In short
This small waterfall flows just for a few weeks per year – but what a treat to the eye it is! The small stream falls some 3 to 4.5 m over a bright red cliff directly into Salaca River.
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In detail
In Latvia are many smaller waterfalls that fall over the cliffs just for some weeks per year. It would be hard to list them all – but some are more beautiful others and deserve a place in this website.
The seasonal waterfall over Zvigulu Cliffs is one of such landmarks. It falls directly in Salaca River over a beautiful cliff – some 200 m long Zvigulu Cliffs that are just below the Zvīguļi farmstead and Zvīguļlaivas: a boat rental and a resting place for rafters.
Waterfall falls over the red Devonian sandstone of Burtnieki Formation. Cliff around the waterfall has “documented” the floods in Salaca – the floating ice has left marks in the cliff.
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