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Pădurea Craiului Mountains: Izbândis Cave System

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Cave and Karst Systems of Romania

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Despite its modest appearance and relatively difficult to explore fossil section, the underwater part of the Izbândiş system makes this cave special, as it hosts the deepest sump in Romania (−105 m). Besides, archeological findings in this cave had helped understand the spread of the Igriţa-type culture and its distinctive objects. The cave is also shelter for five bat species (Barbastella barbastellus, Myotis myotis, M. oxygnathus, Rhinolophus hipposideros, and Rh. ferrumequinum) and habitat for eleven insect species.

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Acknowledgements

We are thankful to past and present members of the CSA Caving Club Cluj-Napoca for their exploratory work and contribution to the understanding of this cave and karst system. The digging activities in the fossil part of the cave were carried out by L. Csoltkó, A. Varga, Á. Szilágyi, K. Kerekes, T. Jankovics, Z. Bogáti, M. Balogh, L. Vári, and Z. Deák, whereas the mapping was completed by A. Varga, Z. Deák, and G. Rajka. The underwater cave was explored and mapped by Z. Gyurka and G. Rajka from CSA Cluj-Napoca, K. Kéri, and L. Retegan. We are also thankful to G. Rajka for providing several rare publications and helpful information, all used to complete this chapter. Special thanks are due to Drs O. Moldovan, T. Brad, and D. Borda (“Emil Racoviţă” Institute of Speleology, Cluj-Napoca) for their helpful information provided on the cave fauna.

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  1. Department of Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, M. Kogălniceanu 1, 400084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Ferenc L. Forray

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    Bogdan P. Onac

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Forray, F.L. (2019). Pădurea Craiului Mountains: Izbândis Cave System. In: Ponta, G., Onac, B. (eds) Cave and Karst Systems of Romania. Cave and Karst Systems of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90747-5_45

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