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  2. Pamukkale - Wikipedia

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    Travertine terrace formations. Pamukkale's terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by mineral water from the hot springs. [1] In this area, there are 17 hot springs with temperatures ranging from 35 °C (95 °F) to 100 °C (212 °F).

  3. Travertine - Wikipedia

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    Travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, in 2016 Calcium-carbonate-encrusted, growing moss in a low-temperature freshwater travertine formation (1 euro coin for scale) Travertine (/ ˈ t r æ v ər t iː n / TRAV-ər-teen) [1] is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot ...

  4. Tufa - Wikipedia

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    Tufa columns at Mono Lake, California. Tufa is a variety of limestone formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of water in unheated rivers or lakes. Geothermally heated hot springs sometimes produce similar (but less porous) carbonate deposits, which are known as travertine or thermogene travertine.

  5. Hierapolis - Wikipedia

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    It is adjacent to the geological formation of Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, famous for its travertine limestone terraces deposited by the hot springs. [1] [4] Hierapolis was located on the main road from Iconium to Ephesus, which facilitated trade with the Aegean region. [1]

  6. Pink and White Terraces - Wikipedia

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    The Pink Terraces descended about 22 metres (72 ft) over about 100 metres (330 ft). The Pink Terraces started at the top 75–100 metres (246–328 ft) wide and the bottom layers were about 27 metres (89 ft) wide. Tourists preferred to bathe in the upper Pink Terrace pools as due to their clarity and the range of temperature and depths. [8]

  7. Terrazzo - Wikipedia

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    Terrazzo is a composite material, poured in place or precast, which is used for floor and wall treatments. It consists of chips of marble, quartz, granite, glass, or other suitable material, poured with a cementitious binder (for chemical binding), polymeric (for physical binding), or a combination of both. Metal strips often divide sections ...

  8. Terrace (building) - Wikipedia

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    The roof terrace of the Casa Grande hotel in Santiago de Cuba. Terraces need not always protrude from a building; a flat roof area (which may or may not be surrounded by a balustrade) used for social activity is also known as a terrace. [2] In Venice, Italy, for example, the rooftop terrace (or altana) is the most common form of terrace found ...

  9. Ploutonion at Hierapolis - Wikipedia

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    The Ploutonion at Hierapolis (Ancient Greek: Πλουτώνειον Ploutōneion, [2] lit "Place of Pluto"; Latin: Plutonium) or Pluto's Gate [3] was a ploutonion (a religious site dedicated to the god Pluto) in the ancient city of Hierapolis near Pamukkale in modern Turkey's Denizli Province. The site was discovered in 1965 by Italian ...

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