Nagarevi Cave Natural Monument ( ka, ნაგარევის მღვიმის ბუნების ძეგლი) is a

karst cave Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...

located near village Godogani,

Terjola Municipality Terjola ( ka, თერჯოლის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Imereti. Its main town is Terjola. Population: 35,563 (2014 census) Area: 357 km2 Politics Terjola Municipal A ...

Imereti Imereti ( Georgian: იმერეთი) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 munic ...

region of

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, 199

meters above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

. It is located on the left slope of the scenic Cheshura Gorge across the river from monastery.

Morphology

Nagarevi Cave formed in

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

s in Okriba karst massif. Cave total length is 140 m. From entrance main pathway descends spirally downstream and forms a narrow tunnel. The front part of the cave has two

storey A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are ''storeys'' (UK) and ''stories'' (US). T ...

s layout. Further down cave has several narrow branches and small halls. There are fragments of terraces. Cave

speleothem A speleothem (; ) is a geological formation by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in natural caves. Speleothems most commonly form in calcareous caves due to carbonate dissolution reactions. They can take a variety of forms, depending on ...

s are poorly developed. Small stream at the junction of the cave branches is always present. During the rains it is completely filled with water.ნაგარევის მღვიმის ბუნების ძეგლი
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Fauna

The inhabitants of the cave include ''

Oxychilus ''Oxychilus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the subfamily Oxychilinae of the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. Synonyms * ''Aplostoma'' Moquin-Tandon, 1855 * ''Cretozonites'' Kobelt, 1 ...

, Minunthozetes, Oribatula'' and ''

Oribella ''Oribella'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Oribellidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: *''Oribella adelaidae'' *''Oribella borealis'' *''Oribella canariensis'' *''Oribella castanea'' *''Oribella cornu ...

.''Barjadze, Sh., Arabuli, T., Mumladze, L., Maghradze, E., Asanidze, Z., Kutalia, T
Nagarevi Grotto
Cave Biodiversity of Georgia, Open Access Database, 2019. Institute of Zoology at

Ilia State University Ilia State University ISU (Georgian: ილიას სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი) was founded in 2006 as a result of a merger of six different academic institutions with long and varied histories. Currentl ...

References

Natural monuments of Georgia (country) Caves of Georgia (country) Protected areas established in 2013 Geography of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti {{Georgia-geo-stub

Morphology

Fauna

See also

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