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. 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