Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Subterranean river
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Natural examples== [[File:Buna source.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The cave of [[Vrelo Bune|source of the Buna]] can be entered by boat and dived through a cave system serving as an effluence of the [[Zalomka river|Zalomka]].]] [[File:Caves entranceexit.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The [[Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park|Puerto Princesa]] cave can be entered by boat.]] [[File:La chute d'entrée de la Gorge du Diable.jpg|200x200px|thumb|right|Devil's Throat Cave subterranean river from above]] There are many natural examples of subterranean rivers. Among them: *In [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]: [[Unac (river)|Unac]]; Mušnica-[[Trebišnjica]]-[[Krupa (Neretva)|Krupa]]/[[Ombla]] ''(Ombla springs out of huge cave near [[Dubrovnik]], [[Croatia]] and after just ca. 30 meters empties into [[Adriatic Sea]]'s [[ria]] called [[Rijeka Dubrovačka]])''; [[Zalomka river|Zalomka]]-[[Buna (Neretva)|Buna]]/[[Bunica (river)|Bunica]]/[[Bregava]]; [[Vrljika River|Vrljika]]-[[Trebižat (river)|Trebižat]]; [[Lištica (river)|Lištica]]-Jasenica; [[Šuica (river)|Šuica]]-Ričina<ref name="Dinarides-devonkarst.org.uk">{{cite web |title=Devon Karst: Karst of the Dinaric Alps - the Dinarides in Bosnia and Herzegovina |url=http://www.devonkarst.org.uk/Karstography%20of%20DINARIC%20KARST%20in%20BiH.html |website=devonkarst.org.uk |access-date=5 July 2018 |archive-date=16 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816113149/http://www.devonkarst.org.uk/Karstography%2520of%2520DINARIC%2520KARST%2520in%2520BiH.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Ponor-Dobrelji-devonkarst.org.uk">{{cite web |title=Devon Karst: Gatačko Polje - GP-Ponor Dobrelji |url=http://www.devonkarst.org.uk/Gatacko%20Polje/GP-Ponor%20-%20Dobrelji.html |website=devonkarst.org.uk |access-date=5 July 2018}}</ref> *In [[Bulgaria]]: **[[Banderishki Lakes|Banderishka reka]], subterranean section below [[Kutelo]] Peak, [[Pirin|Pirin Mountain]] **[[Struma River]] subterranean currents in [[Duhlata|Duhlata cave]], [[Vitosha]] Mountain **Negovanka River subterranean currents in [[Emen, Bulgaria|Emen cave]], [[Veliko Tarnovo]] Province **[[Trigrad Gorge|Trigradska reka]], subterranean section where [[Devil's Throat Cave]] and [[Trigrad Gorge]], [[Rhodope Mountains]] *The [[Camuy River]] located in the northwestern region of [[Puerto Rico]] is one of the<ref>{{cite web|url=http://places.eyetour.com/whatToSee/camuy/56/parque-de-las-cavernas-del-rio-camuy|title=Parque de las Cavernas del Río Camuy - Video Guide - Camuy, Puerto Rico - EyeTour.com|website=places.eyetour.com}}</ref> largest underground river systems in the world. * The [[Cross Cave]] system in [[Loška Dolina]], [[Slovenia]] includes 22 [[subterranean lake]]s * The [[Lost River (Cacapon River)|Lost River]] in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] of [[West Virginia]] disappears underground and reappears as the [[Cacapon River]] * The [[Mojave River]] in southern [[California]] flows underground in most places * The [[Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park]] in [[Vietnam]] has an underground river flowing through its cave system * The [[Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park|Puerto Princesa Subterranean River]] on the island of [[Palawan]], [[Philippines]] flows underground before emerging into the [[South China Sea]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2012/09/05/administrative-order-no-29-s-2012/|title=Administrative Order No. 29, s. 2012 - GOVPH|website=officialgazette.gov.ph|date=5 September 2012 }}</ref> * The [[Punkva]] in [[Moravian Karst]], [[Moravia]], [[Czech Republic]] underground river flowing through cave system - [[Punkva Caves]] and [[Macocha Gorge|Macocha gorge]]. * The [[Santa Fe River (Florida)|Santa Fe River]] in northern [[Florida]] drops into a large [[sinkhole]] in [[O'Leno State Park]] and reappears in the adjacent [[River Rise Preserve State Park]], {{convert|3|mi}} downstream. * The [[Reka (river)|Reka]] in Slovenia, which disappears in the [[Škocjan Caves]], re-emerges as part of the [[Timavo]] in Italy.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=ALEXANDER |first=PAUL B. |date=1970 |title=The Reka-Timavo River System of the Yugoslavian and Italian Karst |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24041059 |journal=Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers |volume=32 |pages=157–165 |jstor=24041059 |issn=0066-9628}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)