GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF MAWSMAI CAVE, MEGHALAYA, INDIA

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Autor(a) principal: Jha, Vibhash Chandra
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Bairagya, Haraprasad
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Caminhos de Geografia
Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/caminhosdegeografia/article/view/16694
Resumo: Caving is an art which can be best experienced in the mystic Mawsmai Cave of Meghalaya. This Cave is fast becoming a hot tourist's destination offering great adventurous opportunity to the tourists. The cave is located in the East Khasi Hill region near Cherrapunjee and is made of limestone. The emotion of thrill heightens after entering the cave. The entrance has a narrow vertical opening and is well lit. Due to its location in the world's largest rainfall region, dripping of water from the cave roofs occurs almost throughout the year. The formation of stalactites and stalagmites create wonderful phenomena specially found in this caves. The conspicuous pillars formed due to the joining of the roof and the floors are an awe-inspiring creativity of the creator of this world. Keywords: Cave, Limestone, Stalactite, Stalagmite, Pillar, Solution.
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title GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF MAWSMAI CAVE, MEGHALAYA, INDIA
spellingShingle GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF MAWSMAI CAVE, MEGHALAYA, INDIA
Jha, Vibhash Chandra
Cave
Limestone
Stalactite
Stalagmite
Pillar
Solution
title_short GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF MAWSMAI CAVE, MEGHALAYA, INDIA
title_full GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF MAWSMAI CAVE, MEGHALAYA, INDIA
title_fullStr GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF MAWSMAI CAVE, MEGHALAYA, INDIA
title_full_unstemmed GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF MAWSMAI CAVE, MEGHALAYA, INDIA
title_sort GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF MAWSMAI CAVE, MEGHALAYA, INDIA
author Jha, Vibhash Chandra
author_facet Jha, Vibhash Chandra
Bairagya, Haraprasad
author_role author
author2 Bairagya, Haraprasad
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Jha, Vibhash Chandra
Bairagya, Haraprasad
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cave
Limestone
Stalactite
Stalagmite
Pillar
Solution
topic Cave
Limestone
Stalactite
Stalagmite
Pillar
Solution
description Caving is an art which can be best experienced in the mystic Mawsmai Cave of Meghalaya. This Cave is fast becoming a hot tourist's destination offering great adventurous opportunity to the tourists. The cave is located in the East Khasi Hill region near Cherrapunjee and is made of limestone. The emotion of thrill heightens after entering the cave. The entrance has a narrow vertical opening and is well lit. Due to its location in the world's largest rainfall region, dripping of water from the cave roofs occurs almost throughout the year. The formation of stalactites and stalagmites create wonderful phenomena specially found in this caves. The conspicuous pillars formed due to the joining of the roof and the floors are an awe-inspiring creativity of the creator of this world. Keywords: Cave, Limestone, Stalactite, Stalagmite, Pillar, Solution.
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