Category:Limestone caves

English: Limestone caves — solutional caves formed in soluble limestone bedrock.

The dissolution process can produce a distinctive limestone karst topography, with solutional Karst caves.
Limestone caves often have flowstone formations, produced through slow precipitation.

solutional cave

cave formed in soluble rock such as limestone, chalk, dolomite, marble, salt beds or gypsum

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This category has the following 31 subcategories, out of 31 total.

Limestone caves by country‎ (12 C)

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Karst caves‎ (25 C, 51 F)

B

Blanchard Springs Caverns‎ (1 C, 23 F)

C

Cueva de las Brujas‎ (4 F)
Cueva de los Tayos‎ (6 F)

D

Devils Hole‎ (1 C, 30 F)

G

Gladysvale Cave‎ (10 F)
Grotto of Casteret‎ (7 F)

H

Harrison's Cave‎ (9 F)

I

Indian Echo Caverns‎ (9 F)
Iron-oxide stained limestone cave walls‎ (1 C)

K

Kiseli‎ (5 F)

L

Longhorn Cavern‎ (11 F)

M

Megalodus Cave‎ (11 F)
Metro Te Ananui Caves‎ (10 F)
Mozrov Cave‎ (25 F)

N

Naulette‎ (1 C, 1 F)
Ngarua Caves‎ (10 F)

P

Postojna Cave‎ (11 C, 7 F)

R

Rawhiti Cave‎ (27 F)
Rising Star Cave‎ (5 C, 24 F)

S

Limestone caves on San Salvador Island‎ (7 C)
Silikaty mine‎ (23 F)
Solution pockets‎ (3 C, 6 F)
Syany‎ (33 F)

T

Tam Pa Ling Cave‎ (2 C, 2 F)

V

Vranjača cave‎ (66 F)

W

Waitomo Caves‎ (5 C, 33 F)
Warsaw Caves‎ (8 F)
Wind Cave (Kuching)‎ (13 F)

Y

Yarrangobilly Caves‎ (17 F)

Media in category "Limestone caves"

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Bacon Rind Room of The Crystal Grottoes.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 4.05 MB
Coxs cave Cheddar Gorge.jpg 640 × 480; 133 KB
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Formations in Witches II cave, Lancashire, England.jpg 482 × 720; 166 KB
Lewis and clark caverns.jpg 900 × 1,200; 160 KB
Lime cave.jpg 5,520 × 3,680; 10.06 MB
Limestone caves scene, possibly Jenolan Caves (3506212027).jpg 1,024 × 789; 629 KB
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Sohoton Cave at Sohoton Natural Bridge National Park2.JPG 4,608 × 3,456; 3.97 MB
Solution pockets (Gothic Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 3 (38399828312).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 5.43 MB
Trollkirka marmor fall.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 4.01 MB
UvA-BC 300.326 - Siboga - druipsteengrot bij de kampong Ardjasa (Arjasa) op het eiland Kangean.jpg 1,952 × 1,401; 1.33 MB
Wilf Taylor's Passage, Lancaster Hole.jpg 1,500 × 2,000; 1.65 MB

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