Tham Lam Chi - CH0033

Length 300m Depth 10m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

From the Lam Chi camp used by the 1989 British expediton follow the river downstream. In the dry season the river sinks at the base of a 30m high cliff in several impassably low entrances (Lam Chi Yai Sink). From the sink continue along the river bed for several hundred metres, climbing over large bamboo log jams or taking detours on the banks, until the river bed disappears at the bottom of a high cliff. Martin Ellis - 19/06/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 19/06/2019

The river bed ends in three entrances behind a pile of house-sized boulders and tree trunk blockages. These three entrances lead into passages that quickly join up. Climbing down through the boulders leads into a canyon, with unusual black limestone walls speckled with white calcite. The canyon breaks down into a network of low crawls, apparently in a massive boulder choke. No major way on was found by the British in 1989 although many low crawls were followed for some distance.

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 19/06/2019

DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1988) - Grade UISv2 3-3-A

Fauna

Martin Ellis - 19/06/2019

Trechiamiotes siamensis (Deuve, 1988) (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae) û type locality (Deuve 1988b)

Documents

[Topo] Tham Lam Chi 28/04/2019
Bibliography 19/06/2019
  • +Brouquisse, Francois; Dalger, Daniel; Bakalowicz, Michel (1988) "RÚsultats HydrogÚochemiques des ExpÚditions Thai-Maros 86 et Thai 87" Expeditions de l'APS en Asie du Sud-est: Travaux Scientifiques û 1. Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-03-1 pp-5-16 (French) +CHECKLEY, DAVE; HURD, SHELIA; CHAPMAN, PHIL; JONES, HOWARD; WILLIS, DICK (n.d. [1989]) "Caves of the Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, North-East Thailand" Unpublished report +DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1988) "ExpÚditions Tha´ 87-Tha´ 88" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-02-3 +DEUVE, THIERRY (1988a) "Trachiama siamensis n. sp., Nouveau Coleoptere Cavernicole des Karsts de Thailande" Bulletin de la SociÚtÚ Entomologique de France Vol. 92 No. 9/10 pp285-290 +DEUVE, THIERRY (1988b) "ColÚopteres Caraboidea des Milieux Souterrains de l'Asie du Sud-Est" Expeditions de l'APS en Asie du Sud-est: Travaux Scientifiques û 1. Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-03-1 pp17-20 +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 124pp

History

1987-06-09 A. Bedos, D. Rigal, E. Delnatte, L. Deharveng (APS) - explored and surveyed halted by high water levels. 1989 The cave was extended by about 50 m by the British. Martin Ellis - 19/06/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.3Lam Chi Yai Sink - CH0032
0.6Cave CH0031 [Small Cave] [CH0031]5020
0.6Tham Pha Daeng [Red Rock Cave] [CH0034]8040
0.7Tham Huai Chi Laeng [Cave of the Dry Stream] [CH0030]160260
0.7Tham Men [Porcupine Cave] [CH0035]15040
0.7Tham Nu [Tham Noo] [Huai Tham Nue] [Rat Cave] [CH0029]5232
0.8Tham Pha Khrop] [Tham Pha Khrob] [Tham Khrob] [Cave in the Roof of the Mountain] [CH0026]9735
1.2Tham Khrop [Tham Khrob] [Tham Khao Klop] [CH0027]95476
1.5Cave CH0046 [Grotte des Regrets ] [CH0046]5020