Saharna landscape reserve. The Saharna Gorge

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The bed of the brook running through the Saharna gorge is narrow and scattered with stones. You can cross the brook without soaking your feet. The deeper you go into the canyon, the louder you can hear the rote of the 22 cascades. The biggest cascade falls from a four meter height. Another attraction of this area is the rupestral monastery dug in the 14th - 15th century in the rock on the right side of the gorge. At the very entrance to Saharna gorge from the Nistru side, an imposing grey rock dominates the surroundings. The brooks Saharna and Stohnaia cut across the Eastern rise of the hill, forming a vast amphitheater of rocks. They have formed a gorge that reaches 160-175 meters depth in some parts. If you look at them from the bottom, these brinks give the impression of some mountains with edges lost in the horizon.