List of longest caves

This list of longest caves includes caves in which the combined length of documented passageways exceeds 100 kilometres (62 mi). In some of these caves, passageways are still being discovered.

Geographical distribution

Caves are found around the world. The largest form in areas of karst landforms whose rocks dissolve easily. Preferable conditions for karst cave formation are adequate precipitation, enough plants and animals to produce ample carbon dioxide, and a landscape of gentle hills which drains slowly. The highest concentrations of long caves in the world are found in the Pennyroyal Plateau of southern Kentucky, United States, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States, and in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.

List

See also

• List of caves
• List of longest cave by country
• List of deepest caves
• Show cave
• Speleology

External links

• World's Deepest Caves
• World's Longest Caves

References

1. List of longest caves in the United States
2. List of longest cave by country
3. List of caves
4. List of deepest caves
5. Caves of Meghalaya
6. List of superlatives
7. Mammoth Cave National Park
8. Lechuguilla Cave
9. Wind Cave National Park
10. List of caves in the United States
11. List of longest tunnels
12. Speleology
13. Jewel Cave National Monument
14. Kazumura Cave
15. Caving
16. Hellhole (cave)
17. Blue Spring Cave
18. Clearwater Cave system
19. Longest words
20. Kaumana Cave