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In this chapter the longest stream cave in Hungary, located in the Gömör-Torna Karst (Slovak: Gemersko-Turniansky kras, Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst) is presented. The caves of this karstic system have been included into the UNESCO World Natural Heritage list. Among the most spectacular dripstone caves in Europe, Baradla Cave has two levels and is defined as an erosional through cave. Its upper level constitutes the Main Branch with several secondary branches, while the lower level includes the Lower Cave, at and below the karstwater table, controlled by the waters arriving from the level above. Among the major morphological features of the upper level are ponors, halls, debris mounds, gravel terraces, the bed of the Main Branch, and various speleothems (stalactites and rimstones). The ancient dissolution spongework was enlarged as it further developed due to the erosive effect of the water flowing from the nearby non-karstic terrain through ponors. At first, the ponors were fed from the north by the waters from a surface of southern exposures and later from the southern region (the Galyaság), which has a northern inclination. Two erosional segments are identified on the upper level of the cave with an accumulation wedge between them.
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Veress, M., Unger, Z. (2015). Baradla-Domica: Large Cave System on the Hungarian-Slovak Border. In: Lóczy, D. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08997-3_20
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