Tags: World Heritage Site.
The Rhine Gorge is a popular name for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley a 65 km section of the River Rhine between Koblenz and Bingen in Germany. It was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in June 2002 for a unique combination of geological historical cultural and industrial reasons.The region’s rocks were laid down in the Devonian period and are known as Rhenish Facies. This is a fossil-bearing sedimentary rock type consisting mainly of slate.
