Toca da Barriguda ( English: "Barriguda lair") (BA-0250) is a

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cave located in the municipality of Campo Formoso, in the

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ian State of

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. It measures 35,000 meters long. and 61 meters deep, and is now considered a branch of the

Toca da Boa Vista Toca da Boa Vista (BA-082) is the longest known cave in the Southern hemisphere.. It is located within the municipality of Campo Formoso, 11 km east of the town of Lage dos Negros, in the State of Bahia, Brazil. it had over 120 km of ma ...

cave, being the second-longest in

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. The ''Coarazuphium formoso'', a recently described a

troglobite A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves. These are separate from species that mainly live in above-ground habitats but are also able to live u ...

species of

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found in the Barriguda cave. Inside Toca da Barriguda there are waterfalls,

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 ...

stalactite A stalactite (, ; from the Greek 'stalaktos' ('dripping') via ''stalassein'' ('to drip') is a mineral formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves, hot springs, or man-made structures such as bridges and mines. Any material that is soluble an ...

s, and

stalagmite A stalagmite (, ; from the Greek , from , "dropping, trickling") 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. Stalagmites are typically ...

s, rocks of shapes that point down towards the ground and rounded ones that go towards the ceiling of the cave. Together with ''Toca do Calor de Cima'', ''Toca do Pitu'', ''Toca do Morrinho,'' and

, it is part of a group of caves of world-wide geological importance.

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Base de Dados do Ministerio do Meio Ambiente
Governo Federal – ICMBIO Official Website Caves of Bahia Wild caves {{Caving-stub

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