Английская Википедия:Iazoni Cave Natural Monument

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Шаблон:Infobox protected area Iazoni Cave Natural Monument (Шаблон:Lang-ka) also known as Tskaltsitela Cave[1] is a karst cave located across the river Tskaltsitela near village Godogni, Terjola Municipality, just outside Kutaisi in Imereti region of Georgia, 135 metres above sea level.[2] Cave is on the right bank of Tskaltsitela river, the tributary of the Rioni, near Godogni village bridge.

Morphology

Iazoni cave is carved in the Lower Cretaceous limestone, which is a riverbed material. Cave total length is 40 meters. Cave is notable for it arch-shaped ceilings naturally decorated with small stalactites accompanied by stalagmites on the floor. Width of the cave is quickly reduced to 2.5 m at a distance of just 10 m from the entrance and the ceiling height decreases to 0.5 m closer to the cave end section. Silty muck makes cave floor slippery and access to cave difficult.[3]

Fauna and paleontological findings

The cave provides shelter to various animals.[1] It is home to troglofauna such as Troglocaris (Xiphocaridinella) kutaissiana (Sadowsky, 1930).[4] Paleontological findings of animal bones and flint tools established presence of cave dwellers of the Paleolithic Age.[5]

See also

References

Шаблон:Commonscat Шаблон:Reflist Шаблон:Protected areas of Georgia (country)

Шаблон:Georgia-geo-stub

  1. Перейти обратно: 1,0 1,1 Barjadze, Sh., Arabuli, T., Mumladze, L., Maghradze, E., Asanidze, Z., Kutalia, T. Tskaltsitela Cave Cave Biodiversity of Georgia, Open Access Database. 2019. Institute of Zoology at Ilia State University
  2. Iazoni Karst Cave in Georgia Protected Planet
  3. Шаблон:In lang Natural Monument Iazoni Cave
  4. Marin, Ivan. Troglocaris (Xiphocaridinella) kumistavi sp. nov., a new species of stygobiotic atyid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from Kumistavi Cave, Imereti, Western Georgia, Caucasus Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 576-588: 578, 2017. http://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.848469
  5. Iazoni Cave Natural Monument