Lechugilla Cave, NM Caves. Hawaiian Lava Tube Cave.

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Lechugilla Cave, NM Caves

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. 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).Voronya CaveAbkhazia

Speleothems

Soda Straws

Columns

Draperies

Flowstone

Pearls

Rimstone

Stalagmites & Stalagtites

Helictites

TainoTaino petroglyphs (Puerto Rico)petroglyphs

Eurycea lucifuga

Cave Cricket: Ceuthophilus

Mexican Blindcat Prietella phreatophila

Cavefish Distribution

Satan eurystomus Trogloglanis pattersoni

Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni Typhlichthys subterraneus (southern cavefish)

Ozark Cavefish, Amblyopsis rosae Eyeless Cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea

Lateral line system

Oklahoma Cave Isopod

Spider Cave Crayfish

Bristly Cave Crayfish

Allegheny Woodrat, Neotoma magister

Indiana Bat, Myotis sodalis

Southern Cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus

Karst Topography

Florida Sinkhole

Clarksville Cave

Ward’s Entrance

The Schoharie Hilton

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