The Degurić cave is, according to the latest research, the longest and, with its characteristics, the most beautiful cavern in the region of
Valjevo
Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the administrative area of Valjevo had 90,312 inhabitants, 59,073 of whom were urban dwel ...
karst. Through the main channel stream flows passing through six siphons. The first
siphon
A siphon (from grc, σίφων, síphōn, "pipe, tube", also spelled nonetymologically syphon) is any of a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes. In a narrower sense, the word refers particularly to a tube in a ...
is 6m deep, and six siphon is the deepest one and it is not passed through. Entrance channel is, up to the first siphon, 450.8m long. Total length of all channels (from entrance to third siphon) is 2027.7m. Especially interesting and the most attractive part of the cave is place where side channels, and lake in front of the second siphon meet. Research of Degurić cave has not been finished yet.
Gallery
File:Guide to Degurić cave.JPG, Guide to Degurić cave
File:Degurić cave stream.JPG, Degurić cave stream
File:Degurić cave.JPG, Degurić cave
File:Degurić cave-Gradac.jpg, Degurić cave entrance
External links
Degurić cave on Scribd documents
See also
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List of caves in Serbia
Caves of Serbia
Show caves in Serbia
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