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Afarin Düdeni



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Type:
Vertical Cave
Altitude:
1190 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Eskisehir
District:
Saricakaya
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.
Geography and Environment: 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.
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