Is the Mammoth Cave made by weathering?
It is made by water erosion as it passes through the limestone..
There are over 3,000 caves in Texas, mostly west of the town of San Antonio. Honeycreek cave is over 20 miles long thanks to hard-care cave explorers like Bill Steele, Kurt Menking, and Don Broussard.
What type of cave is Mammoth Cave?
it is a 'karst' cave, i.e. formed by the action of water on limestone.
The Jenolan Caves are in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. They are close to the Blue Mountains cities of Lithgow and Katoomba.
Is there a nickname for the Mammoth Cave?
Possibly not though cavers tend to shorten cave names by omitting the word "Cave" or equivalent, especially in colloquial speech.
What kind of texture can a chemically formed rock have?
All sorts as all rocks have their own textures and are all formed from chemical compounds, but the primarily chemically-formed ones are the igneous rocks and associated minerals.
What famous subterranean tourist site is located in New Mexico?
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is located in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. Carlsbad Cavern has more than 100 caves. A large cave named "The Big Room" is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at the highest point. It is the fifth largest chamber in North America and the twenty-eighth largest in the world.
What famous subterrainean tourist site is located in New Mexico?
Why are scientists only allowed in Antarctica?
Tourists are allowed in Antarctica, as are the people who live and work there temporarily -- in support of science.
How were the Florida cavern formed?
The Florida Caverns are limestone caves and were formed by rain water dissolving the limestone.
What is the deepest a snake has ever been found in a cave?
I doubt it's been recorded really - it's notthe sort of question a cave-biologist would ask. There is a SE Asian (Malaysian I think) snake that lives in caves where it preys on bats - but these caves are more horizontal than vertical so distance rather than depth counts.
Snakes are not generally cave-dwellers though they are found in them, either sheltering or by their accidentally falling orbeing washed in.