©Environmental Board 2012 Board ©Environmental Loobu and Valgejõgi Rivers descend into their respective respective their into descend Rivers Valgejõgi and Loobu and Loobu. Only at Joaveski and Nõmmeveski, where the the where Nõmmeveski, and Joaveski at Only Loobu. and Printed by: Aktaprint PLC Aktaprint by: Printed few square kilometres between the rivers of Valgejõgi Valgejõgi of rivers the between kilometres square few Layout by: Akriibia Ltd. Akriibia by: Layout Klint traceable in the topography, encompasses an area of a a of area an encompasses topography, the in traceable Nõmmeveski Waterfall, L. Michelson L. Waterfall, Nõmmeveski KAAS Front page photo: photo: page Front the sands of the Littorina Sea and is therefore hardly hardly therefore is and Sea Littorina the of sands the on North Estonian North on is mostly buried under under buried mostly is which , (8) Cape Klint Joaveski Põhja-Eesti klint. Tallinn. klint. Põhja-Eesti three-step Vasaristi Cascade. Cascade. Vasaristi three-step Soesoo, A., Miidel, A. 2006. 2006. A. Miidel, A., Soesoo, Environmental Investment Centre Centre Investment Environmental National Park National the southern bank of the Valgejõgi Klint Bay, falls over the the over falls Bay, Klint Valgejõgi the of bank southern the klint. Eesti looduse sümbol. Tallinn. sümbol. looduse Eesti klint. Publication supported by supported Publication References: Suuroja, K. 2006. Põhja-Eesti Põhja-Eesti 2006. K. Suuroja, References: Vasaristi Stream, which descends into the klint valley from from valley klint the into descends which Stream, Vasaristi Compiled by: K. Kingumets K. by: Compiled LAHEMAA drops over the 1.2-metre-high Nõmmeveski waterfall. The The waterfall. Nõmmeveski 1.2-metre-high the over drops cut an up-to-15-metre-deep canyon into the bedrock and and bedrock the into canyon up-to-15-metre-deep an cut www.rmk.ee [email protected] southern part of the klint valley. At Nõmmeveski, it has has it Nõmmeveski, At valley. klint the of part southern Phone +372 329 5555 +372 329 Phone ancient predecessor at north of Nõmmeveski and in the the in and Nõmmeveski of north at predecessor ancient State Forest Management Centre (RMK) Centre Management Forest State wide ancient valley. The Valgejõgi River valley follows its its follows valley River Valgejõgi The valley. ancient wide Nature Management Department Management Nature to its southeast is a 1–2-kilometre- a is southeast its to (7) Bay Klint Valgejõgi Palmse, North-Estonian District District North-Estonian Palmse, ARRANGEMENT OF VISITS OF ARRANGEMENT the escarpment at the Kolgaküla Community House. The The House. Community Kolgaküla the at escarpment the zone and the forests of Kõrvemaa opens from the edge of of edge the from opens Kõrvemaa of forests the and zone www.keskkonnaamet.ee sea level. A magnificent view over the North Estonian klint klint Estonian North the over view magnificent A level. sea [email protected] under a thin layer of residual soil at 50 metres above the the above metres 50 at soil residual of layer thin a under Phone +372 329 5535 Phone 40 metres above the sea level; a limestone escarpment lies lies escarpment limestone a level; sea the above metres 40 Palmse, 45435 Viitna Viitna 45435 Palmse, at approximately approximately at (6) Peninsula Klint Kolgaküla the of Environmental Board Environmental ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATIVE sandstone terrace protrudes from the north-western tip tip north-western the from protrudes terrace sandstone by sand and is not traceable in the topography. A small small A topography. the in traceable not is and sand by cuts into the limestone plateau but it is mostly buried buried mostly is it but plateau limestone the into cuts (5) Liidikõrve Klint Bay Bay Klint Liidikõrve the Peninsula Klint Kolgaküla the and Cistercian monastery are located. Between Kolga Klint Cape Cape Klint Kolga Between located. are monastery Cistercian the Kolga Bay, the Kolga Manor and the ruins of the former former the of ruins the and Manor Kolga the Bay, Kolga the about five kilometres afar from from afar kilometres five about (4) Cape Klint Kolga On any more traceable in the landscape. the in traceable more any on the north coast of the klint bay, and the valley is not not is valley the and bay, klint the of coast north the on Sediments have also buried the Kolga-Aabla Ancient Valley Valley Ancient Kolga-Aabla the buried also have Sediments National Park National Capes is mostly buried under the Quaternary sediments. sediments. Quaternary the under buried mostly is Capes Lahemaa between Muuksi and Kolga Klint Klint Kolga and Muuksi between (3) Valley Klint Pudisoo The Photo: Vasaristi Cascade, L. Michelson L. Cascade, Vasaristi Photo: Environmental Inspectorate Environmental by phone 1313. phone by the the When you see damage done to the nature or visiting objects, inform inform objects, visiting or nature the to done damage see you When Try to act without leaving traces in the nature. the in traces leaving without act to Try ● national park. national You can pick berries, mushrooms and other forest goods in the the in goods forest other and mushrooms berries, pick can You ● open fire, even on special grounds. grounds. special on even fire, open places. At the time of wildfire hazard, it is forbidden to make an an make to forbidden is it hazard, wildfire of time the At places. Put up your tent and make a fire only in the prepared and marked marked and prepared the in only fire a make and tent your up Put ● only in the car park. car the in only Drive your motor vehicle only on the provided roads and park it it park and roads provided the on only vehicle motor your Drive ● or marked, you will need the landowner’s permission. landowner’s the need will you marked, or you do damage to the landowner. In case the private land is fenced fenced is land private the case In landowner. the to damage do you You can move about on private land from sunrise to sunset unless unless sunset to sunrise from land private on about move can You ● DOS AND DON’TS FOR VISITORS FOR DON’TS AND DOS The geological section of the klint is quite simple: the Cambrian and Ordovician clays, sandstones and argillites lie beneath and are covered with the Ordovician dolomites and limestone. The rocks may be 540–460 million years old. The klint’s upper part is thin and comprises hard rocks, while the lower part consists of softer rocks. This is well visible from the outside: the hard rocks seem to hang as a cornice above the softer and more easily worn rock strata. The height of the klint increases from west to east. The klint is divided into klint capes with klint bays of different shape and width between them. The klint capes follow the drop of bedrock mostly in the north-west–south-easterly or north-southerly direction with an escarpment at their north-western end. In the direction from north-west toward south-east, their height usually decreases and Division of the Baltic Klint ( Põhja-Eesti klint”, Tallinn 2006, the limestone cliff either disappears or discontinues. The klint bays ” Photo: Cave of Turjekelder, R. Kotter drawing 3) are comprised by old river valleys which used to flow here before the Quaternary Period. Given the movement of glaciers, the width Looking afar from the sea, North Estonia’s coast seems as a and depth of the valleys have changed into their present form. The gentle-sloping off-sea escarpments. The klint is best observable dark wall with, if you observe it closer, greenish, dark brown, present rivers in the klint bays are much younger, rich in waterfalls, from the tops of Capes Muuga and Kolga, where the relative yellowish and whitish stripes. This is the North Estonian Klint or and have engraved deep valleys. The klint bays have been filled height of the klint is the biggest, reaching up to 30 metres. In steep cliff coast – one of the most remarkable nature monuments with Quaternary deposits of different age and origin. The ranges of the Valgejõgi River Valley and at Nõmmeveski, the bedrock, in Estonia and in Northwest Europe. The North Estonian Klint is the coastal formations of the Baltic Sea often run across the bays. characteristic of the klint, crops out. a part of the 1,100–1,200-kilometre-long Baltic Klint, which runs Proceeding from its constructional and regional peculiarities, The landscape’s indentation has played an important role on the borderline between the Fennoscandian Shield and the the North Estonian Klint is differentiated into nine sections, three in the development of the permanent human settlement in East European Platform. The klint between Osmussaar Island of which lie in the area of Lahemaa National Park (72,500 hectares), Lahemaa. The ancient area of population covers the spring- and Narva is 650 kilometres long. being, from the west to east, the East-Harju, Lahemaa and West-Viru rich alvars not far from the klint. These alvars with thinner or The human eye associates the klint most often with coastal Klints. The 70-kilometre-long Lahemaa Klint section encompasses thicker layers of residual soil, covered with sparse forests and terraces and escarpments. However, a klint is a big system of the major part of the national park in an area between the shrubberies, were, thanks to their high content of humus and escarpments and terraces, islands and capes, bays and valleys, Muuksi Klint Cape and the Palmse Klint Valley. The klint section is nutrients, well used as grasslands and fields. which may run on land or at the sea bottom, be bare or overlaid characterized by partly or fully buried, strongly indented and rather Klint forests have spread anywhere here where man and with sediments.