Salang (Grotte-résurgence de la)

(ولسوالی سالنگ - AF)
35.250000,69.166700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Not a resurgence cave (note 1), as the name implies, but the relic of a cave (abandoned by flowing water) with two entrances close to / and above a resurgence cave (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1975: 16-18, cave plan on page 17). SITUATION: Some 5 m west (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1978, text on page 16) or north (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1978, cave plan on page 17) of an impenetrable karst spring (5 m wide and 2 m high, with an estimated flow of one or 2000 ltr/sec) near kilometre stone 101.6 on the road from Kabul to Mazar-i Sharif. CAVE DESCRIPTION: The obvious entrance (4 m wide, 3 m high) gives access to a slightly ascending, relic passage abandoned by flowing water. Some 8 m from the entrance, the floor rises due to collapse from the ceiling. At 11 m, a 9 m long passage leads back to the surface but the main passage (on average 0.8 m wide and 3.5 m high continues for 27 m to a demanding squeeze. Beyond this, the passage opens up for 7 m before it runs into a second, even smaller sqeeze.Not a resurgence cave (note 1), as the name implies, but the relic of a cave (abandoned by flowing water) with two entrances close to / and above a resurgence cave (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1975: 16-18, cave plan on page 17). SITUATION: Some 5 m west (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1978, text on page 16) or north (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1978, cave plan on page 17) of an impenetrable karst spring (5 m wide and 2 m high, with an estimated flow of one or 2000 ltr/sec) near kilometre stone 101.6 on the road from Kabul to Mazar-i Sharif. CAVE DESCRIPTION: The obvious entrance (4 m wide, 3 m high) gives access to a slightly ascending, relic passage abandoned by flowing water. Some 8 m from the entrance, the floor rises due to collapse from the ceiling. At 11 m, a 9 m long passage leads back to the surface but the main passage (on average 0.8 m wide and 3.5 m high continues for 27 m to a demanding squeeze. Beyond this, the passage opens up for 7 m before it runs into a second, even smaller sqeeze.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Spéléologie Afghane 1975.

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1975 August: Montserrat Ubach Tarres and Pedro Cantons mapped (SPELEOLOGIE AFGHANE 1975: 14). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0P. K. 103.2, Salang (Grotte du)
0.0P. K. 102.1, Salang (Grotte du)
0.0Canyon 1, Salang (Grotte du)
0.0Canyon 2, Salang (Grotte du)
0.0CANYON 3, Salang (Grotte du)
0.0JON (Ghar i)
0.0HOTEL, Salang (Grotte de la)
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