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Location and Arrival
At is known, teh caves
are first natural shelters used by the human being.Therefore
they attact the attention of many researchers and force them to
search. Moreover, discoveries of the beauties and mystery in the
caves make people happy and peacefull.apart from this, the caves
provide the facilities for performing the exciting sports
andbring about the development of speleology which means the
science of caves.Karaca cave is surrounded by the border of
Cebeli Village which is in the totul Town. It is 17 km far away
from the city center and 1550 m high from the sea level. the
cave is the foremost tourristic place in Gümüşhane. The cave can
be arrived by folliving the 4 km. road which is seperated from
the 12 th km of Gumushane - trabzon highway.This 4 km road is
paved with asphalt and has double band. So and eating facilities
where the visitors can meet all their needs are available near
the cave.
Stratigraphig-Lithological Characteristics
In the area extending
between Gumushane and Torul super cruastecan formations have
been extensively scattered out.These generally consist of
andezitic and basaltic lavas, lufs and agglomerates.Total
thickness of this line reaches 1000meters.Partly intermissionary
additves varying between 100m and 200 m in thickness and
consisting of limestone, marn and gres draw attention.Karaca
cave developed in abundantly cracked massive limestone encircled
by volcanits in this serial.
Constitution Of The Cave
The cave of Karaca is
rich in formation dripstones. These dripstones are in different
shape and colour.Inside the cave, there are dripstones
stalactites, stalagmites,travertines and cave roses ,at the edge
of travertines,even on the stalagmites. The pool of dripstones
are very large in the cave.Especially the ones through the end
of cave have up to 1 meter depth.Looking at the harmony of these
formations one can be fascinated.The existanceof travertines
from white to dark blue proves high density of iron and
magnesium minerals water.
The
Shape Of Cave
The cave lies on a
horizantal way ,having four different halls connecting each
other.The two of these halls are also divided into two by the
wall dripstones, as a result the number of halls can be regarded
as six. The height of the cave entrance is a tall as a man, but
through the inside the height increases regularly and the shape
of cave becomes like a funnel .The distance between the entrance
and the end is 105 meters length .The average height is 18
meters .The total area is 1550 square meters.
source:special
provincial administration
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