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Most caves are in limestone, which is slightly soluble in rain-water acidified by carbon-dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere. This weak "carbonic acid" corrodes the limestone as it flows through the rock's joints, bedding-planes and faults fromsinks to risings (springs).
There are other caves formed in other ways, such as lava-tubes and mass-movement fissures.
Oh - and by definition caves are underground - you don't need the adjective!
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Various formations can occur in underground caverns, including stalactites, which hang from the ceiling, stalagmites, which rise from the ground, and columns, which are formed when stalactites and stalagmites meet. Other formations include flowstones, which are formed by water flowing down cave walls, and soda straws, which are thin, hollow stalactites.
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What causes caverns?
Caverns are formed by erosion caused by rain and snow eroding the rocks. The water would seep down into the ground, dissolving rock material, creating the caverns.
What are the Linville caverns?
Linville Caverns Linville Caverns are limestone caverns located near Linville Falls in North Carolina. It is an example of a limestone cave similar to a number of others.
Where is the Shenandoah Caverns located?
On 261 Caverns Road, Virginia, U.S.A
What cuvses caves caverns and sink holes?
What causes caves, caverns, and sinkholes
What is carslebad caverns?
They are in the Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, USA.
When limestone on the surface is dissolved by ground water it forms?
caverns
Where do you find iron in minecraft?
Under ground. In caverns. Its not that hard to find Hope this helped
Do underground caverns turn into lakes?
Under ground Caverns are Caused When a New Lake is being Formed, That keeps a Cave under the lake that soon Collapse Because the wieght of the lake/Water, Causes Erosion That Then Is Deposition because the Lake water fills up The under ground Cave.
Does crystal caverns have any life forms?
there are no life forms
Where can you find gold In minecraft?
Under the ground. In caverns. Its not very durable bare in mind. But it looks pretty as blocks
Where do animals in the desert live?
usually under rocks or in the sand or even maybe in the ground
Are caverns underwater and underground?
Caverns can be under water and underground.
What is the name of the caverns under the city of opp Alabama?
Desotto caverns
What dissolves limestone and forms caves or caverns?
Carbonic Acid .
What causes caverns?
Caverns are formed by erosion caused by rain and snow eroding the rocks. The water would seep down into the ground, dissolving rock material, creating the caverns.
Which agent of erosion forms caverns in limestone deposit?
acidic groundwater
Can kings and Queens be buried in places besides pyramids?
Yes. The pyramids were too obvious to burglars so they made secret under ground caverns to bury the body.
