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Main article: Anthodite A speleothem (cave formation) composed of long needle-like crystals situated in clusters which radiate outward from a common base. B Belly crawl A passage that is very low. Biospeleology Main article: Biospeleology A branch of biology dedicated to the study of organisms that live in caves and are collectively referred to as troglofauna. Boneyard An intricate maze of ...
Many of the caves of Ivanščica and Strahinjčica [] were listed by Vladimir Redenšek in 1961. [1] Work on the speleological cadastre of Ivanščica began in 2008, [2] an early version being presented in 2009. [3]
The first longer list of caves to encompass Ravna gora was Redenšek 1961, [1] ˙ but the first dedicated specifically to this mountain was complied by Zlatko Smerke and published in the 1980 Ravna Gora monograph.
The deepest known cave—measured from its highest entrance to its lowest point—is Veryovkina Cave in Abkhazia, Georgia, with a depth of 2,204 m (7,231 ft). [17] This was the first cave to be explored to a depth of more than 2,000 m (6,600 ft). (The first cave to be descended below 1,000 m (3,300 ft) was Gouffre Berger in France.)
Pachyrhamma acanthoceras, [1] also known as the Auckland cave wētā, is a large species of cave wētā endemic to New Zealand. [ 2 ] It is distributed in the upper North Island, from Northland to Taranaki.
The Cave Sanctuaries of the Acropolis of Athens are the natural fissures in the rock of the Acropolis hill that were used as sites of worship for deities of the Panhellenic pantheon in antiquity. Traditionally a sharp distinction has been drawn between the state religion practised on the summit of the Acropolis and the cult practice of the ...
Bracken Cave is a cave located in southern Comal County, Texas, outside the city of San Antonio. The 100-foot (30 m)-wide crescent shaped opening to the cave lies at the bottom of a sinkhole, formed when the roof of the cave collapsed.
Synonyms; Gymnoplectron Hutton, 1897; ... Pachyrhamma is a genus of cave wēta (New Zealand cave cricket, tokoriro) in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New ...