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Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

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Rank: 1001 UNESCO
Wonder Type: Natural
Country: Hungary, Slovakia
Best of: Cave
Description:
The variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves currently identified make up a typical temperate-zone karstic system. Because they display an extremely rare combination of tropical and glacial climatic effects, they make it possible to study geological history over tens of millions of years. [More Details]
This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.