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Lechugilla Cave, NM Caves

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Caves. Lechugilla Cave, NM. Hawaiian Lava Tube Cave. Sea Cave. Ice Cave. Passage in Mammoth Cave. Distribution of Limestone Caves. Just the Facts…. The cave system with the greatest total length of surveyed passage is Mammoth Cave (Kentucky, USA) at 591 kilometers (367 mi) in length. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Sea Cave

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Ice Cave

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Passage in Mammoth Cave

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Distribution of Limestone Caves

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Just the Facts…

• The cave system with the greatest total length of surveyed passage is Mammoth Cave (Kentucky, USA) at 591 kilometers (367 mi) in length.

• The deepest known cave (measured from its highest entrance to its lowest point) is Voronya Cave (Abkhazia), with a depth of 2,191 meters (7,188 ft).

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Speleothems

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Soda Straws

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Soda Straws

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Columns

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Draperies

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Flowstone

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Pearls

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Rimstone

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Stalagmites & Stalagtites

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Helictites

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Taino petroglyphs (Puerto Rico)

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Eurycea lucifuga

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Cave Cricket: Ceuthophilus

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Mexican BlindcatPrietella phreatophila

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Cavefish Distribution

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Satan eurystomus

Trogloglanis pattersoni

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Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni

Typhlichthys subterraneus (southern cavefish)

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Ozark Cavefish, Amblyopsis rosae

Eyeless Cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea

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Lateral line system

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Oklahoma Cave Isopod

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Spider Cave Crayfish

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Bristly Cave Crayfish

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Allegheny Woodrat, Neotoma magister

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Indiana Bat, Myotis sodalis

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Karst Topography

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Florida Sinkhole

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Clarksville Cave

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Ward’s Entrance

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The Schoharie Hilton

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