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Dragon's Breath Cave was discovered by Roger Ellis during a caving expedition to the area in 1986. The cave is located northwest of 
Martyn Farr records in his book "The Darkness Beckons" the exploration of the cave by a team of divers and cavers lead by Roger Ellis and Charles Maxwell of the South African Spelaeological Association a year after the cave was identified in 1986 by cavers as being of significant size.
Discovery Channel: Video: Dragon's Breath Cave
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in the Otjozondjupa Region
Otjozondjupa is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Otjiwarongo. The region further contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. , Otjozondjupa had 97,945 registered voters.
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of Namibia
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. It is named for the moist air rising from its entrance which resembled the breath of a Dragon.
The cave contains the world's largest non- subglacial underground lake
An underground lake or subterranean lake is a lake underneath the surface of the Earth. Most naturally occurring underground lakes are found in areas of Karst topography, where limestone or other soluble rock has been weathered away, leaving a cav ...
, with an area of almost . The lake is located around below the surface. Its total depth is . Although it has been reported that the rare fish species, '' Clarias cavernicola'', lives in the lake in the Dragon's Breath Cave, this is an error. It is only known from the nearby Aigamas Cave.
Martyn Farr records in his book "The Darkness Beckons" the exploration of the cave by a team of divers and cavers lead by Roger Ellis and Charles Maxwell of the South African Spelaeological Association a year after the cave was identified in 1986 by cavers as being of significant size.
See also
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Fossil water or paleowater is an ancient body of water that has been contained in some undisturbed space, typically groundwater in an aquifer, for millennia. Other types of fossil water can include subglacial lakes, such as Antarctica's Lake Vos ...
store in an arid area in Africa
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References
External links
Discovery Channel: Video: Dragon's Breath Cave
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Nuwe duikrekord opgestel
("New dive record set", Republikein, 13 June 2012. URL accessed on 20 October 2015. * (af
Dieper die aarde se maag in
("Deeper into the bowels of the earth"), Republikein, 13 July 2012. URL accessed on 20 October 2015. Underground lakes Caves of Namibia Lakes of Namibia {{Namibia-geo-stub