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  2. Cave - Wikipedia

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    Cave-inhabiting animals are often categorized as troglobites (cave-limited species), troglophiles (species that can live their entire lives in caves, but also occur in other environments), trogloxenes (species that use caves, but cannot complete their life cycle fully in caves) and accidentals (animals not in one of the previous categories).

  3. Cave survey - Wikipedia

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    A cave survey is a map of all or part of a cave system, which may be produced to meet differing standards of accuracy depending on the cave conditions and equipment available underground. Cave surveying and cartography , i.e. the creation of an accurate, detailed map, is one of the most common technical activities undertaken within a cave and ...

  4. Devils Hole Cave - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of Devils Hole Cave (1988) Located 650 feet (200 m) north of Devils Hole is a separate cave system called Devils Hole Cave (#2). It was first explored underwater to a depth of 70 feet (21 m) by divers from the Southwestern Speleological Society in February 1961.

  5. Nutty Putty Cave - Wikipedia

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    The Nutty Putty Cave is a hydrothermal cave located west of Utah Lake in Utah County, Utah, United States. The cave attracted amateur and professional cavers alike despite its narrow passageways. It has been closed to the public since 2009 following a fatal accident that year. [ 1 ]

  6. Ellison's Cave - Wikipedia

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    Ellison's Cave is a pit cave located in Walker County, on Pigeon Mountain in the Appalachian Plateaus of Northwest Georgia. It is the 12th deepest cave in the United States and features the deepest unobstructed pit in the continental US, named Fantastic Pit. The cave is over 12 miles (19.31 km) long and extends 1063 feet (324 m) vertically. [1]

  7. Blue Grotto (Capri) - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of how daylight illuminates the cave through the underwater opening. The Blue Grotto is one of several sea caves worldwide that is flooded with a brilliant blue or emerald light. The quality and nature of the color in each is determined by its unique combination of depth, breadth, water clarity, and light source.

  8. Sump (cave) - Wikipedia

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    Diagram B shows a "perched" sump, which could be siphoned to lower the water level. A sump , or siphon , is a passage in a cave that is submerged under water. [ 1 ] A sump may be static, with no inward or outward flow, or active, with continuous through-flow.

  9. Mossdale Caverns - Wikipedia

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    Mossdale Caverns is a cave system in the Yorkshire Dales, England.It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Grassington, and east of Conistone, where Mossdale Beck sinks at the base of Mossdale Scar.