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Sabanin Düdeni

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Sabanin Düdeni
Type:
Horizontal Cave
Altitude:
1565 m
Depth:
-46 m
Length:
107 m
Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Eskisehir
District:
Mihaliçcik
Village:
Küçük Sasa

     


Location: It is located 3 km south of the Kücük Sasa Village; next to the Sabanpinari Fountain. It was developed on the base of a depression situated on a ridge diverting the basins of the Domya Creek and the Porsuk Brook. It can be reached from a road deviating from the town of Bozan on the Eskisehir Muhalcik motorway and interconnecting the villages of Circir-Agachisar-Sasa-Yalimkaya (Domya).
Structural Properties and formation : The entrance is like a -6 m deep shaft. Further down; with an inclined base; it ends up at -46 m. The bottom is covered with debris and blocks at the beginning; and with sand; pebbles and debris towards the end. The narrowing final zone ends up with a closed siphon filled with water. Small lakes were formed in the final zone. It is a semi-active sinkhole.
Research History: It was explored by MTA; and its map and other characteristics were published in 2001.
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