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Type: |
Horizontal Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
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Depth: |
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Length: |
1100 m | |||
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Region: |
Marmara | |||
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Province: |
Balikesir | |||
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District: |
Bigadiç | |||
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Village: |
Dervisler | |||
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| Location: It is located in the Dervisler Village among the Alacam Mountains. |
| Structural Properties and formation : It was formed within the Cretaceous aged; non-local crystallized limestones. It consists of three sections; which are as follows; continuously active section at the lower level; semi-active section at the middle level and fossil section at the upper level. In the active sections; there is an underground creek; maintaining its flow in summer or winter; which is indication of the fact that it is supplied in a well-balanced manner. Inside and outside cave; there are faulting; particularly fault breccias inside the cave. |
| Research History: It was explored by the Cave Research Club of the Dokuz Eylül University in 1999. |
| Findings: One albino bat was seen in the hall called "Beyaz Yarasa/White Bat" |
