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Çançukuru

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Çançukuru
Type:
Vertical Cave
Altitude:
425 m
Depth:
-34 m
Length:
110 m
Region:
Marmara
Province:
Bursa
District:
Mustafakemalpasa
Village:
Körekem

     


Location: A road leads to the cave which is 500 m far from the Körekem Village on the former Mustafakemalpasa-Bursa motorway. It lies 6 km north of the Ayvaini Cave.
Structural Properties and formation : It was formed within the Middle Jura-Lower Cretaceous limestones along with a remarkable fault in the east-west direction. It starts with a -15 m vertical shaft. Having a width of 1-4 m; major part of the cave is filled with water and it ends up with a narrow siphon; which is supposed to be connected with the underground creek comprising the Sögütalan Pinari. The depth of the water hole at the final zone is about 2m. It is decorated with columns and wall dripstones at some places. The roof height ranges from 2 to 12 m. The final zone of the sinkhole; which drains the water of an extensive basin during rainy seasons; houses a permanent water hole.
Research History: It was explored by MTA in 1997; and visited by BUMAK in 2001.
Findings: Plentiful of cave flies inhabit the entrance and the end of -15 m shaft. Due to the wastes from the dairy farm outside the cave; numerous centipedes (Chilopoda) can be seen in small water deposits.


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