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NATURE'S ARTISTRY The science of exploration of

caves and all aspects related
A cave is an underground space that is naturally formed on the earth’s to it is called Speleology.
crust and can be entered from the surface. Caves are also called caverns or Ariba Nigar Khan, VIII G, Greenwood Sr. Sec.
rock shelters. School, Rampur; Umer Alam, VII C, Jaswant
Modern Sr. Sec. School, Dehradun

TYPES OF CAVES VOLCANIC CAVE
These mostly occur in the event of a volcanic eruption.
The formation of caves can be because of a variety of as the lava flows down, its surface cools and solidifies.
reasons such as chemical processes, erosion due to however the liquid lava continues to flow underneath,
water, tectonic forces, microorganisms and atmospheric and when most of it flows out, a hollow tube remains,
influence.
which is a unique type of cave formation.
LIMESTONE CAVE SEA CAVE

This type of cave is Sink Hole Cave Limestone when sea waves attack the
the most common coastline along a line of
in rocks which weakness on a cliff, it forms
are soluble; e.g. a notch. The notch is eroded to
limestone. Other form a cave. The cave with time
soluble rocks are and erosion becomes an arch,
dolomite, marble and then a stack and stump.
and gypsum. The CORRASIONAL CAVE
formula for solution Illustration by: Akshaya E, VIII B ,
of limestone in the Angappa CBSE Sr Sec School, Coimbatore This cave is formed due to
presence of air and water is as follows: erosion that is caused by
streams carrying rocks and
Ca CO + h O+CO2= Ca (hCO )
3 2 3 2 other sediments. These caves
limestone caves like borra caves also have stalactites, are found behind waterfalls
stalagmites and bizarre formations making these the due to the erosion of rocks.
most interesting caves in the world.
GLACIER CAVE
MEGhALAyA - LAND Of CAVES glacier cave is formed by melting ice and flowing water.
glacier caves are also called ‘ice caves’. For example,
Meghalaya besides amarnath Cave in Jammu and Kashmir.
being called the M. Dhanush, X A, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan Public School, Jubilee Hills,
‘abode of Clouds’ Hyderabad
is also called the
‘land of Caves’. it Deccan Trap
has a large number
of limestone caves There are nearly 1200 caves of cave
in the Jaintia, Khasi architecture in Maharashtra. These caves were
and garo hills. Of the Illustration by: Pramuth Varma, VIII, formed due to the volcanic basalt formation of
ten longest caves DAV Public School, Sec 3, Vizag Maharashtra, known as the ‘Deccan Trap’.
in india, the first nine are in Meghalaya, while the tenth
is in Mizoram. Caves are called krem in Khasi language. ACTIVITy - LOST AND fOUND
The longest is Krem liat Prah in the Jaintia hills, which suppose you were lost in the caves
is around 31 kms. it has a huge trunk passage called the for a day. Describe your experience
aircraft hangar !! using the following words:
Mahek Jain, VIII B, Angappa Educational Trust Senior Secondary School, CAVE SOUNDS STREAM
Coimbatore ROPE
TORCH BATS

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