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Bostanliktarla Düdeni |
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Type: |
Horizontal Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
185 m | |||
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Depth: |
-12 m | |||
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Length: |
98 m | |||
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Region: |
Marmara | |||
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Province: |
Kirklareli | |||
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District: |
Vize | |||
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Village: |
Kislacik | |||
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| Location: It can be reached from a 4 km smooth road; deviating from the asphalt road between Vize and Kiyiköy. The road which splits at 25th km of the Vize-Kiyiköy motorway; is very good until the Kislacik Village. The cave is located in the middle of a big field on the northern edge of the village. |
| Structural Properties and formation : The cave is one of the small caves formed in the contact line of Mesozoic metamorphic intrusive rocks and Middle - Upper Eocene carbonates on the south edge of Strandja Massif. It is approximately 98 m long stretching in a southeastern direction and the walls are not wider than 2 m. There is a small creek flowing inside the cave and there are many stalagmites, stalactites, and flowstone curtains. It was formed within the contact zone of the Eocene arenaceous - argillaceous limestones and Triassic aged schists acting as caprocks; and gneisses of the Istranca Massif. Having piles of blocks; debris and sand at bottom; it has a very rich dripstone sedimentation. The decorations consisting of stalactite; stalagmite; column and curtain dripstones and dripstone bridges are visible from the middle zone. |
| Research History: It was explored and mapped by MTA. |
| Findings: Pottery pieces have been documented in Bostanlıktarla Cave. The entrance zone is inhabited by cave flies and cave butterflies; and a limited number of bats. Only a single individual Rhinolophus ferrumequinum has been documented hibernating in Bostanlıktarla Cave. However, three invertebrate species have been recorded including the new species, Centromerus bumadi sp. n. Besides this, there are also unidentified Opiliones, Ixodida, Acaridae, Diplopoda, Isopoda, Collembola, and Gastropoda samples. |
