There are a number of terms that are used in connection with caves, caving and speleology. The following is an incomplete list. A B C D E F G H I J K L...
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Canadian English). Speleology and caving are often connected, as the physical skills required for in situ study are the same. Speleology is a cross-disciplinary...
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to caving, as it implies a disregard for safety. Many caving skills overlap with those involved in canyoning and mine and urban exploration. Caving is...
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Caving equipment is equipment used by cavers and speleologists to aid and protect them while exploring caves. The term may also be used to refer to equipment...
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coordinates) List of caves List of longest cave by country List of deepest caves Show cave Speleology World's Deepest Caves World's Longest Caves "List of Long Underwater...
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coordinates) List of caves List of deepest mines List of longest caves List of sinkholes Show cave Speleology World's Deepest Caves World's Longest Caves Lyubimov...
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endogene caves. Speleology is the science of exploration and study of all aspects of caves and the cave environment. Visiting or exploring caves for recreation...
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without the use of ropes or ladders. Exploration of pit caves ("vertical caving", also called "potholing" in the UK and "pit caving" in US English) requires...
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Karst (section Chemistry of dissolution)
periods of the Pleistocene Glossary of landforms – Links to Wikipedia articles on landforms Speleology – Science of cave and karst systems Subterranean river –...
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Subterranean river (category Hydrology and urban planning)
caves Karst – Topography from dissolved soluble rocks Losing stream – Stream or river that loses water as it flows downstream Speleology – Science of...
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Sinkhole (redirect from Characteristics of sinkholes)
solution.". Appalachian Karst: Proceedings of the Appalachian Karst Symposium. 1991. National Speleological Society. ISBN 9780961509354. Vesper, D.J.;...
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Speleothem (redirect from Stalactite and Stalagmite)
ISSN 0091-7613. Hill, C A, and Forti, P, (1997). Cave Minerals of the World, (2nd edition). [Huntsville, Alabama: National Speleological Society Inc.] pp. 217...
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Kartchner Caverns State Park (category Caves of Arizona)
cave "went" anywhere. It was years later when Randy was on a picnic luncheon date, that he found another sink hole. He went home to gather his caving...
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Stalactite (redirect from Stalactite and)
Illustrated Glossary of Lava Tube Features, Bulletin 87, Western Speleological Survey. p. 56. Hicks, Forrest L. (1950). "Formation and mineralogy of stalactites...
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Stalagmite (section Formation and type)
Illustrated Glossary of Lava Tube Features, Bulletin 87, Western Speleological Survey. p. 56. Hicks, Forrest L. (1950). "Formation and mineralogy of stalactites...
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cave dweller, or troglodyte, is a human who inhabits a cave or the area beneath the overhanging rocks of a cliff. Some prehistoric humans were cave dwellers...
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hold". Climbing equipment Glossary of caving and speleology List of climbers and mountaineers Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills Climbing Staff (4...
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Cave (Picos de Europa, Northern Spain)" (PDF). International Journal of Speleology. 43 (1): pp.=35–43. Anonymous Eisriesenwelt: Scientific Background Archived...
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solutional cave, solution cave, or karst cave is a cave usually formed in the soluble rock limestone. It is the most frequently occurring type of cave. It can...
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Yaodong (redirect from Chinese cave house)
types. People dig caves in the cliff on the edge of the loess slopes with the floor rectangular and the top arched. In front of the cave is an open space...
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Flowstone (redirect from Cave drapery)
“Color of Speleothems”, Cave Minerals of the World, (2nd Edition) Hill C. and Forti P. [Huntsville, Alabama: National Speleological Society Inc.] 239-244...
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Glaciospeleology Cave Science Topics, Caving International no. 4, July 1979. J.Schroeder, Inside the Glaciers – Svalbard, Norway The Canadian Caver vol.22 no...
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Vanguard Cave Viney Quarry Cave William's Cave Wilson's Cave Winkies Cave List of caves Speleology This article uses freely licensed text from underground-gibraltar...
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archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The...
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Compared to caving and scuba diving, there are relatively few practitioners of cave-diving. This is due in part to the specialized equipment and skill sets...
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Jeita Grotto (redirect from Jeita Cave)
even deeper into the Jeita grotto. Many of these spelunkers are members of the Speleo Club du Liban (Lebanese Caving Club) founded in 1951 by the first Lebanese...
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Sweden Karst limestone such as in the Madagascar dry deciduous forests "Glossary of Mining Terms". Kentucky Coal Education. Archived from the original on...
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Well) Cave Christmas Island Thundercliff Cave West White Beach Cave Kathrine Karst Kathrine Hot Springs List of caves (Global) Speleology Cave diving...
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(Journal of the New Zealand Speleological Society). 190: 8. Moore, D.G. (1954). "Origin and development of sea caves". National Speleological Society Bulletin...
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Rocks". Cave Geology. Dayton, Ohio: Cave Books.[ISBN missing] Larson, Charles V. (1993). "An Illustrated Glossary of Lava Tube Features": 56. {{cite journal}}:...
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