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ficuscarica
04-13-2012, 01:28 AM
Hi everyone,

in densely populated Europe many landscapes have been deeply influenced by farming, wine-growing, vegetable-growing, orchards and other forms of agricultural use. Please post pics of beautiful landscapes that have been formed by intense agricultural use.




Kaiserstuhl: This old vulcano is known as warmest and sunniest place in Germany. Situated in the middle of the southern rhine valley the south-facing side of this old vulcano is home to many wine-growers, that produce excellent pinots. The vulcanic rock stratum is covered with loess, which provides excellent drainage and nutrition for the vines. The loess has been formed into terraces, to make work in the vineyard easier:

http://www2.klett.de/sixcms/media.php/76/18008012.jpg
http://www.weinimwww.de/images/photos/kaiserstuhl1_lb.jpg
http://photokej.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/terrassen_am_kaiserstuhl.jpg%3Fw%3D500%26h%3D375
http://www.urlaub-deutschland-reisen.de/urlaub-baden-wuerttemberg/images/kaiserstuhl-totenkopf.jpg
http://www.kulturfinder-bw.de/uploads/tx_templavoila/Kaiserstuhl_Weinberge_Oberrotweil_schwarzwald-tourismus_448px_01.jpg
http://www.deutscheweine.de/icc/Internet-DE/nav/07d/binarywriterservlet%3Fsize%3D4%26imgUid%3Dc716d950-3a0f-721b-4274-8254c41ed8b2%26uBasVariant%3D11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111
http://gerhard.ledwina.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/palme-am-kaiserstuhl1.jpg
http://www.diesprachpension.de/bilder/herbst_2010_2a.jpg

Over the centuries the soft loess strata has been pushed down where people used to enter the vineyards:
http://vorort.bund.net/suedlicher-oberrhein/images/upload/kaiserstuhl_hohlweg.jpg
http://vorort.bund.net/suedlicher-oberrhein/thumb.php?bild=http://vorort.bund.net/suedlicher-oberrhein/images/upload/hohlwege-bild-01.jpg&size=450

The loess walls are home to bee-eaters and lizards:
http://www.natur-server.com/Bilder/HWG/002/hwg001842-bienenfresser.jpg
http://www.hlasek.com/foto/lacerta_viridis_da6122.jpg

The loess soil is also the reason for many orchards with peaches, cherrys, apples, etc:
http://www.frsw.de/fotos04/schelingen0404-1.jpg
http://www.home.regioseiten.com/pictures/3030.jpg
http://www.nikon-fotografie.de/vbulletin/picture.php?albumid=9604&pictureid=136011