Petrifying springs with tufa or travertine formations
Title:
Petrifying springs with tufa or travertine formations
EUNIS Code:
C2.121
EUNIS level:
4
Regions:
Wadi Qannoubin, Wadi Nahr el-Bared
Frequency:
rare, small scale
Description
Communities of calcareous, petrifying springs growing tufa deposits. When active, tufa springs comprise a hydrosere in which the [Cratoneurion] plants, and in particular, [Cratoneuron] spp.