Bournillon cave, the Glossary
The Bournillon cave (French: grotte de Bournillon) is located in the commune of Châtelus in the Isère Department of France, in the Vercors Massif.[1]
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12 relations: Châtelus, Isère, France, Isère, Isère (river), Karst spring, Pliocene, Rhône, Speleothem, Stalagmite, Sump (cave), Urgonian Limestone, Vercors massif.
- Cave geology
- Caves of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Caves of France
Châtelus, Isère
Châtelus is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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Isère
Isère (Isera; Isèra) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Isère (river)
The Isère (Isera; Isèra) is a river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.
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Karst spring
A karst spring or karstic spring is a spring (exsurgence, outflow of groundwater) that is part of a karst hydrological system.
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Pliocene
The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.
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Rhône
The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea.
Speleothem
A speleothem is a geological formation by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in natural caves.
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Stalagmite
A stalagmite is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings.
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Sump (cave)
A sump, or siphon, is a passage in a cave that is submerged under water.
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Urgonian Limestone
The Urgonian Limestone is a geologic formation in France.
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Vercors massif
The Vercors massif (Vercòrs) are a range in France consisting of rugged plateaus and mountains straddling the départements of Isère and Drôme in the French Prealps.
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See also
Cave geology
- Amberjack Hole
- Blowhole (geology)
- Blue Holes (Saudi Arabia)
- Blue hole
- Bournillon cave
- Breathing cave
- Cenote
- Choranche cave
- Cupola (cave formation)
- Epiphreatic zone
- Estavelle
- Great Stalacpipe Organ
- Green Banana Hole
- Grotto
- Karst
- Kieselkalk
- Lava tube
- List of lava tubes
- Phreatic
- Phreatic zone
- Spar (mineralogy)
- Speleogen
- Speleogenesis
- Speleologists
- Speleothems
- Suffosion
- Talus cave
Caves of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Aven d'Orgnac
- Bournillon cave
- Chauvet Cave
- Choranche cave
- Dent de Crolles
- Gouffre Berger
- Gouffre Jean-Bernard
- Gouffre Mirolda
- Gournier Cave
- La Grotte des Fées
- Réseau du Clot d'Aspres
Caves of France
- Arago cave
- Bédeilhac-et-Aynat
- Barry Troglodyte Village
- Bournillon cave
- Bruniquel Cave
- Caves of Arcy-sur-Cure
- Cosquer Cave
- Grotte du Lazaret
- Grotte du Renne
- Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières
- Harpea's Cave
- La Mansonnière cave
- List of caves in France
- Maison des Rochers de Graufthal
- Réseau Félix Trombe
- Russell Caves
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent