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Domica Cave

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The Domica cave is situated on the south-western border of the Silicka planina Plateau south-east of Plesivec in the Rožňava District of the Košice Region in southern Slovakia and in combination with the Baradla cave represents the most significant section of the Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst cross-border cave network that continues into the (Aggtelek National Park) in Hungary. [1]

23 relations: Aggtelek National Park, Škocjan Caves, Baradla cave, Bat, Bükk culture, Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst, Guano, Hungary, Karst, Košice Region, Krásnohorská Cave, Limestone, Neolithic, Ochtiná, Paleolithic, Plešivec, Slovakia, Ramsar Convention, Rožňava District, Slovak Karst, Slovakia, Speleothem, Triassic, World Heritage site.

Aggtelek National Park

Aggtelek National Park (Aggteleki Nemzeti Park) is a national park in Northern Hungary, in the Aggtelek Karst region.

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Škocjan Caves

Škocjan Caves (Škocjanske jame, Grotte di San Canziano) is a cave system in Slovenia.

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Baradla cave

The Baradla Domica cave system in Hungary is one of the longest researched, visited for centuries for its speleothems.

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Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera; with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight.

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Bükk culture

Bükk culture (Bükki kultúra, Bukovohorská kultúra, Ukrainian: Буковогірська культура) may have belonged to a dense pocket of Cro-magnon type people inhabiting the Bükk mountains of Hungary (inner western Carpathians) and the upper Tisza and its tributaries.

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Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

The Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst is a UNESCO World Heritage site consisting of 712 caves spread out over a total area of along the border of Hungary and Slovakia.

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Guano

Guano (from Quechua wanu via Spanish) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds and bats.

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Hungary

Hungary (Magyarország) is a country in Central Europe that covers an area of in the Carpathian Basin, bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west.

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Karst

Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

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Košice Region

The Košice Region (Košický kraj,, Kassai kerület; Кошицький край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions.

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Krásnohorská Cave

Krásnohorská Cave (Krásnohorská Jaskyňa) is a karst cave situated at the northern foot of the Silická planina Plain, in the Slovak Karst, 6.5 km southeast of Rožňava, in Slovakia.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

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Ochtiná

Ochtiná is a village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.

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Paleolithic

The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools that covers c. 95% of human technological prehistory.

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Plešivec, Slovakia

Plešivec is a large village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.

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Rožňava District

Rožňava District (okres Rožňava) is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.

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Slovak Karst

The Slovak Karst (Slovenský kras) is one of the mountain ranges of the Slovenské Rudohorie Mountains in the Carpathians in southern Slovakia.

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Speleothem

Speleothems (Ancient Greek: "cave deposit"), commonly known as cave formations, are secondary mineral deposits formed in a cave.

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Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period Mya.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domica_Cave

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