A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
vertical shaft — These are formed by underground water dripping of flowing straight downward through the limestone along vertical cracks. Uniformly distributed dissolution of the rock results in a silo or well shaped passage so that most of them appear roughly … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Cave hyena — Temporal range: Middle to Late Pleistocene Crocuta crocuta spelaea skeleton from the Muséum de Toulouse … Wikipedia
Cave Dale — (sometimes spelt Cavedale) is a dry limestone valley in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. It is located at grid reference gbm4ibx|SK149824. The northern end of the dale starts at the village of Castleton where the valley sides are almost… … Wikipedia
cave — cavelike, adj. /kayv/, n., v., caved, caving. n. 1. a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc. 2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine. 3. Eng. Hist. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a… … Universalium
Cave — For other uses, see Cave (disambiguation). Cavern redirects here. For other uses, see Cavern (disambiguation). Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. The term applies to… … Wikipedia
Cave Hyena — Taxobox name = Cave Hyena fossil range = Middle to Late Pleistocene image width = 200px image caption = Reconstruction of cave hyena status = Prehistoric trend = unknown regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora… … Wikipedia
Cave rescue — environments. Cave rescue borrows elements from firefighting, confined space rescue, rope rescue and mountaineering techniques but has also developed its own special techniques and skills for performing work in conditions that are almost always… … Wikipedia
Cave bear — Taxobox name = Cave Bear fossil range = Middle to Late Pleistocene image width = 240px image caption = Cave Bear skeleton regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Ursidae genus = Ursus species = U.… … Wikipedia
Cave of Swallows — The Cave of Swallows, also called Cave of the Swallows ( es. Sótano de las Golondrinas), is an enormous pit cave situated in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The entrance lies along a sloped section of karst, is elliptical in shape, and measures… … Wikipedia
cave — 1. ‘A natural home in the ground, large enough for human entry’ is probably the most useful definition. This covers the enormous variety of caves that do occur but eliminates the many artificial tunnels and galleries incorrectly named caves.… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
