Post by L Roebuck on May 5, 2007 6:45:18 GMT -5
Subcontinent's longest cave system discovered
The longest cave system in the Indian subcontinent has been discovered in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills district by an international team of speleologists.
The team found a cave system over 22.20 km long, which surpasses the previous known record of 21.55 km of another system existing in the same district.
"The linking of the Krem um im-Liat Prah cave system to Krem labbit (Khaidong) to create a single cave system of 22,202.65 m in length is the longest cave known to date in the Indian sub-continent," the team members told a press conference today.
The team comprising 17 members from the UK, two each from Switzerland and Denmark, one each from Austria and Ireland and five from India spent three and half weeks in the district focussing on the cave areas of Shnongrim Ridge near Nongkhlieh area.
This finding surpassed the previous record of the longest cave system in the sub-continent - the Kotsati Umlawam measuring 21.55 km, said BD Kharpran Dally, a reputed speleologist in
Meghalaya,
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The longest cave system in the Indian subcontinent has been discovered in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills district by an international team of speleologists.
The team found a cave system over 22.20 km long, which surpasses the previous known record of 21.55 km of another system existing in the same district.
"The linking of the Krem um im-Liat Prah cave system to Krem labbit (Khaidong) to create a single cave system of 22,202.65 m in length is the longest cave known to date in the Indian sub-continent," the team members told a press conference today.
The team comprising 17 members from the UK, two each from Switzerland and Denmark, one each from Austria and Ireland and five from India spent three and half weeks in the district focussing on the cave areas of Shnongrim Ridge near Nongkhlieh area.
This finding surpassed the previous record of the longest cave system in the sub-continent - the Kotsati Umlawam measuring 21.55 km, said BD Kharpran Dally, a reputed speleologist in
Meghalaya,
Full Article