Lechugilla%20Cave,%20NM

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Caves
Lechugilla Cave, NM
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Hawaiian Lava Tube Cave
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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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Southern Cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus
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Karst Topography
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Florida Sinkhole
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Clarksville Cave
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Wards Entrance
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The Schoharie Hilton
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