This hoodoo or earth pyramid is not a characteristic one, as it is not stabilized by a large rock fragment. Instead, the soil and vegetation at its top represent the original surface before erosion had started. The Lac de Serre-Ponçon can be seen in the background of the photograph.

Keywords

cultural landscape, geodiversity, glacial processes, hydraulic engineering, lake, mountainscape, power plant, soil erosion

Created

Wednesday 1 September 2021 by Martin Mergili in Europe / France (1537 visits)