Sarma Cave ( ka, სარმის მღვიმე), located in
Gagra District
Gagra District is a district of Abkhazia. It corresponds to the Georgian district by the same name. In medieval times, it was known as the southern part of Sadzen. It is located in the western part of Abkhazia, and the river Psou serves as a bor ...
of
Abkhazia
Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
,
[ a breakaway region of ]Georgia
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, is the third deepest recorded cave in the world. Its current depth (1830 m) was measured in 2012 by a team led by Pavel Rudko.
Fauna
Two species of stygobiont amphipods have been found: ''Zenkevitchia sandroruffoi'' living at depths of no more than -350 m and found in other caves of eastern Arabika Massif
Arabika Massif (Arabika) is a glacially eroded karst outcropping of the Gagra Range, Abkhazia in the West Caucasus, by the city of Gagra. The highest elevation - mountain Arabika is . , in Troika Cave (at -30 m) and in Eagle's Nest Cave (-75 m), and ''Adaugammarus pilosus'' inhabiting aquatic biotopes in the deep part of the cave (elevations -1270 m and -1700 m).
See also
* List of caves
This is a list of caves of the world that have articles or that are properly cited. They are sorted by continent and then country. Caves which are in overseas territories on a different continent than the home country are sorted by the territory' ...
* Speleology
Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology). ...
* List of deepest caves
This list of deepest caves includes the deepest known natural caves according to maximum surveyed depth . The depth value is measured from the highest to the lowest accessible cave point.
See also
*List of caves
*List of deepest mines
* List o ...
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References
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Caves of Abkhazia
Limestone caves
Wild caves
Gagra District