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Afarin Düdeni |
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Type: |
Vertical Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
1190 m | |||
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Depth: |
-49 m | |||
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Length: |
64 m | |||
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Region: |
Central Anatolia | |||
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Province: |
Eskisehir | |||
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District: |
Saricakaya | |||
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Village: |
Yenipazar | |||
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| Location: It is located on the Saricakaya Plateau; 10 km north of the Saricakaya District; which lies approximately 50 km north of Eskisehir. The cave which developed on an extensive table with a plateau character; deeply breaching by the Sakarya River can be reached from the Saricakaya-Yenipazar motorway. This stabilized road reaches to the plateau after 5-6 km; and it runs to the village of Yenipazar passing by the cave. |
| Structural Properties and formation : It was formed on a fault in the northwest-southeast direction at the base of a collapse doline; which is located on a high plateau composed by the Upper Jura Cretaceous limestones. It has a shaft-like entrance. No decoration was found in the cave; of which the floor is covered with debris and blocks. Being on the vadose zone; it is a fossil cave which halted its geological development. It is almost dry except the waters coming from the surface during rainy periods. |
| Research History: It was explored by MTA; and its map and other characteristics were published in 2001. |
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