Sønder Lem Vig - Geddal Enge

Marine foreland with salt meadows

Sønder Lem Vig – Geddal Enge is located by the Limfjord north of Vinderup. The area consists of a shallow lake, Sønder Lem Vig, with adjacent marsh areas and a coastline with salt meadows. To the south, from Geddal to Vester Egebjerg, the area is delimited by a significant slope, which rises up to 20 m above the surrounding terrain. The low-lying areas are marine foreland, and the slope is a former coastal cliff in the Littorina Sea.

The area formed a meltwater channel during the retreat of the Weichsel glacier, which is described under the site Stubbergård Sø – Flynder Sø . Like the site Veserne-Engbjerg-Plet , the landscape is characterized by the significant sea level changes due to isostatic land uplift and eustatic changes in sea level, which characterize the period after the retreat of the Weichsel glacier. In the Atlantic (about 9000 to 6000 years before present) the sea level was about 2 m higher than today, and the Littorina Sea flooded the low-lying parts of the area.

In 1992, a nature restoration was carried out in the area, and today it is a valuable natural area with approximately 1000 ha of salt marshes, reed forests and shallow lakes. The area has been designated as a Natura 2000 habitat area.