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Grotta Gigante, the Glossary

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Grotta Gigante ("Giant Cave", Briška jama or Jama pri Briščikih), also known as Riesengrotte or as Grotta di Brisciachi, is a giant cave on the Italian side of the Trieste Karst (Carso), close to the village of Borgo Grotta Gigante or Briščiki in the municipality of Sgonico.[1]

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  1. 18 relations: Aqueduct (water supply), Calcium carbonate, Cave, Comune, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Grotta Gigante horizontal pendulums, Guinness World Records, Italy, Karst, Karst Plateau, La Verna cave, Province of Trieste, Sgonico, Speleology, Stalactite, Stalagmite, Timavo, Trieste.

  2. Caves of Italy
  3. Landforms of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  4. Museums in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  5. Natural history museums in Italy
  6. Province of Trieste
  7. Show caves in Italy
  8. Tourist attractions in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Aqueduct (water supply)

An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.

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Calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Cave

A cave or cavern is a natural void under the Earth's surface.

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Comune

A comune (comuni) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute.

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Grotta Gigante horizontal pendulums

The Grotta Gigante horizontal pendulums are a pair of tiltmeters used for monitoring Earth movements, mounted in the Grotta Gigante in Italy.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Karst

Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

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Karst Plateau

The Karst Plateau or the Karst region (Kras, Carso), also locally called Karst, is a karst plateau region extending across the border of southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy. Grotta Gigante and karst Plateau are Landforms of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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La Verna cave

La Verna is a show cave in the commune of Sainte-Engrâce in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France.

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Province of Trieste

The province of Trieste (provincia di Trieste) is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.

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Sgonico

Sgonico (Zgonik; Sgonico) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Trieste in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste, on the border with Slovenia.

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Speleology

Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their composition, structure, physical properties, history, ecology, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology).

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Stalactite

A stalactite is a mineral formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves, hot springs, or man-made structures such as bridges and mines.

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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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Timavo

The Timavo River, known in Slovene as the Timava or Timav, is a two-kilometre stream in the Province of Trieste. Grotta Gigante and Timavo are province of Trieste.

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Trieste

Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy.

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See also

Caves of Italy

Landforms of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Museums in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Natural history museums in Italy

Province of Trieste

Show caves in Italy

Tourist attractions in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotta_Gigante

Also known as Briščkova jama, Giant Cave.