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Çayirköy

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Type:
 Horizontal Cave
Altitude:
 152 m
Diameter:
 m- Direction:
Region:
 Black Sea
Province:
 Zonguldak
District:
 Çaycuma
Village:
 Çayirköy
TAYEx:
 -
Registration State:
 Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages.
     

Location: The road deviating to left (former Ankara highway) after the Sapca Tunnel on the Zonguldak-Ankara motorway leads to Cayirliköy; passing by the Sapca and Güdüllü villages. The cave is reached by a small pathway leading to the mills before the village.
Geography and Environment: The Cayirliköy Cave was formed within the Visean aged Yilanli Formation; This formation; which comprises the oldest karstic rock of the survey area consists of limestones; dolomitic limestones and dolomites. The waters of Sofular and Egridere sink into the entrance mouth of the Cayirköy cave; progressing 104 m in the underground and draining from Cayirköy. The entrance starts with a vertical descent about 30 m; and ends up with a siphon 500 m after. Progressing horizontally with lakes; it has a deep lake at the end.
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