The Clearwater Cave System ( ms, Gua Air Jernih) in
Gunung Mulu National Park
The Gunung Mulu National Park is a national park in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. The park is famous for its ca ...
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Sarawak
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is believed to be one of the largest interconnected cave systems in the world by volume and the 9th longest cave in the world at (2020).
The system lies mainly under the western margins of
Gunung Api between the Melinau Gorge and Cave of the Winds.
The first exploration by speleologists was during the 1977/78 Royal Geographical Society Mulu Sarawak Expedition when of the cave passage were surveyed. Many expeditions by th
Mulu Caves Projecthave increased the explored length and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
See also
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List of longest caves
This list of longest caves includes caves in which the combined length of documented passageways exceeds . In some of these caves, passageways are still being discovered.
Geographical distribution
Caves are found around the world. The largest ...
References
Gill.D.W.1999. World Heritage Nomination, Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. Forest Department Sarawak.
Sources
* Mulu Caves, Brook and Waltham (1979), Royal Geographical Society
* Caves of Mulu '80, (1981), Eavis, Royal Geographical Society
* Caves of Mulu '84, (1985), Eavis, British Cave Research Association
* Mulu Caves '88 and '89 Expeditions, (1989), Kirby, Mulu Caves Project
* Mulu Caves '91 (1991), Kirby, Mulu Caves Project
External links
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Caves of Sarawak