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through the valley now occupied by the Mühlbach. This route was blocked by glacial deposits during an earlier ice age, forcing the Alb to find a new route to the Rhine. Since then, the "new" gorge cuts through the granite rock. This section cannot be travelled without special equipment, even
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The Alb then flows through a 200-to-400-metre (660 to 1,310 ft) wide valley, lined by meadows, which contains the villages of
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241:47.58417°N 8.12861°E
161:47.86167°N 8.02694°E
25:ALB (disambiguation)
798:Tributaries of the
367:Proto-Indo-European
347:Menzenschwander Alb
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283:Basin features
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1041:Middle Rhine
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1172:Hinterrhein
1148:Hinterrhein
1111:Vorderrhein
1078:Lower Rhine
996:Spiegelbach
964:Upper Rhine
854:Alter Rhein
839:Vorderrhein
815:Vorderrhein
679:Niedermühle
573:Tiefenstein
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541:During the
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407:Glashofsäge
302:Tributaries
288:Progression
244: /
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32:Swabian Alb
1491:Categories
1370:Kraichbach
1276:High Rhine
1244:Brunnisach
1006:Speyerbach
949:Möhlinbach
917:High Rhine
589:whitewater
580:Hauenstein
528:Hotzenwald
491:High Rhine
461:classicist
377:Headwaters
351:High Rhine
335:headwaters
275:Basin size
208:High Rhine
149:47°51′42″N
1476:Schipbeek
1385:Weschnitz
1182:Landquart
1068:Brohlbach
912:Anderbach
895:Grenzbach
727:Footnotes
594:Hohenfels
553:Alb Gorge
532:Dachsberg
510:Alb Basin
506:reservoir
465:Cathedral
387:Landkreis
361:The name
357:Etymology
296:North Sea
229:47°35′3″N
1375:Leimbach
1365:Saalbach
1234:Schussen
1224:Leiblach
1048:Welzbach
900:Dorfbach
888:Seerhein
710:See also
598:Albbruck
585:canoeing
501:valley.
499:Schwarza
487:gradient
479:tectonic
475:Tusculum
426:moraines
418:glaciers
383:Feldberg
232:8°7′43″E
212:Albbruck
152:8°1′37″E
101:Location
86:Location
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1249:Lipbach
1187:Mülbach
1177:Plessur
1143:Rabiusa
1058:Moselle
1026:Eisbach
1021:Eckbach
1016:Isenach
1011:Rehbach
873:Goldach
827:Schmuèr
604:Gallery
495:Häusern
489:to the
441:glacial
434:hamlets
432:. The
422:ice age
371:*albhos
325:(also:
95:Germany
91:Country
1471:Berkel
1459:IJssel
1439:Düssel
1434:Wupper
1407:Wisper
1380:Neckar
1335:Kinzig
1325:Kander
1293:Wutach
1288:Durach
1239:Rotach
1031:Pfrimm
1001:Queich
991:Lauter
971:Birsig
954:Ergolz
944:Sissle
844:Tamina
508:, the
403:Bernau
337:, the
305:
267:Length
196:
123:
120:Source
1454:Lippe
1390:Modau
1360:Pfinz
1345:Acher
1340:Rench
1320:Wiese
1308:Wehra
1283:Biber
1229:Argen
1202:Frutz
1138:Glogn
1103:Right
1063:Nette
986:Sauer
981:Moder
934:Glatt
800:Rhine
483:crust
369:word
292:Rhine
192:Mouth
1444:Ruhr
1429:Sieg
1417:Wied
1412:Lahn
1395:Main
1350:Murg
1303:Murg
1085:Erft
1053:Nahe
1036:Selz
959:Birs
939:Aare
929:Töss
924:Thur
849:Saar
807:Left
534:und
439:The
341:and
321:The
1355:Alb
1330:Elz
1298:Alb
1197:Ill
1073:Ahr
976:Ill
389:of
363:Alb
323:Alb
210:at
40:Alb
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735:^
522:.
413:.
294:→
791:e
784:t
777:v
747:)
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