CAVE TYPES DEFINED
caverns or cave systems
- Very big caves with chambers and many passages
spelunca
- The Latin word for cave.
phreatic caves
- Caves formed in water filled passages
vadose caves
- Caves formed by running water with air above it
limestone or solution caves
- The most common type of caves
limestone cave systems
- Cave systems which are usually a combination of
both phreatic and vadose caves.
- These cave systems might be totally dry.
- The deeper passages are phreatic and are water filled.
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