Sorkh Ab 1 (Cave at)

دمحمدآغی ولسوالی (محمد آغې ولسوالۍ - AF - افغانستان)
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Grottocenter / carte

Location

Situated in a conglomerate cliff near a water reservoir in the vicinity of Sorkh Ab (note 2) above the left (southern) bank of Logar Rod (Lowgar River). BTH - 20/03/2026

Description

Brief information

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Small pits descent into an 8 or 9 m long tube (note 1) with little humidity which is situated in a conglomerate cliff near a water reservoir in the vicinity of Sorkh Ab (note 2) above the left (southern) bank of Logar Rod (Lowgar River). CAVE CLIMATE: 15°C in the tube and 28°C at the entrance (at daytime?) on 19th July 1957.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1957.07.19: Knut LINDBERG (1961a: 6-7) visited, explored, observed and tried to collect cave life. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0SORKH AB 2 (Cave at)
6.0Borgh, Sorkh Ab (Caves at)
19.0Sang-e Surakh (?)
24.1Ghazni-Kabul Spring
26.0Sang-e Surakh Ghar
26.8Shutar Gardan Karst Area
27.9Rustam's Well [Puits de Rustam]
32.2Baba Haji (Ghar-e)
33.3KAFTAR GHAR, Sang Novichteh