Gruta de Botuverá
Useful Information
History
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| 1998 | opened to the public. |
Description
The Gruta de Botuverá, named after the village Botuverá, is
a rather young show cave.
It was developed by the Prefeitura Municipal de Botuverá (City of
Botuverá) and the Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente (Ministry of the
Environment).
The speleologic research was done by the Grupo de Estudos
Espeleológicos Açungui.
This cave is famous for its wealth of speleothems, including travertine walls,
courtainsand socalled cauliflower, a boulbous calcite dripstone.
The cave has no river, which is generally a drawback for the amount of
troglobiont species living in the cave.
Nevertheless 35 species of invertebrates, amont them 6 endic species, were found
in the cave.
Seven species of bats live in the cave.
See also
Karst cave
Precambrian limestones.
