Helling in de Daalhorst | Gemert

If you look from south to north across the Daalhorst, you will see a slope in the road. The difference in elevation is 0.5 meters over a distance of 100 meters. That difference in elevation is caused by the Breuk van Gemert-Zuid, a side fault of the Peelrand fault.

The Peelrand fault The subsurface of Gemert-Bakel contains faults in the earth's crust. The Peelrand fault is the most important of these. Side faults are the Breuk van Gemert, the Breuk van Gemert-zuid, the Breuk van Handel and the Breuk van Milheeze. The soil on the east side of this fault system slowly rises. This is the so-called Peelhorst. The soil on the west side is slowly descending. That is the so-called Roerdalslenk. This vertical movement averages about 0.5 mm in ten years. In the long run, that will become large height differences. Because at the same time the descending Roerdalslenk is filled up by the wind with covering sand, there are no steep slopes and the height differences are not visible everywhere. At this location, however, that difference in elevation is visible. Besides differences in elevation, there are other phenomena by which you can recognize the location of Peelrand Fault and its side faults.

The Breuk van Gemert-Zuid caused a slope in the road. As a result of the Breuk of Gemert-South, a difference in elevation is visible in the Daalhorst.