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I've not heard of a "Dead" cavern - and as far as I can ascertain "spelunking" is not recognised except perhaps as American-only slang abuse of novices or dilettantes. The proper word is "caving" throughout the English-speaking world.

As for the "dead cavern", I wonder if this what is also, at least in Britain and Europe, called a "Fossil" or "Abandoned" series; i.e. one that has been left high and dry by its formative stream diverting to a new, lower course or vanishing altogether.

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