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active caves |
live caves that have a flowing stream in them |
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compoundrelict caves |
fossil caves above the water table
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detrital formations |
sediments brought into the cave s by streams and residual material left by limestone
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dripping speleothems |
stalactites, stalagmites, and columns that are growing
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phreatic caves |
flooded (water saturated) caves formed and/or located below the water table
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relict caves |
caves without a flowing stream, which may have ponds or dripping water
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denudation rate |
the pace at which a given surface of bare rock is eroded, usually measured in millimeters per millenium
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vadose caves |
caves that have formed and continue to exist mostly above the water table, the majority of their passages have air above water |
