YAGANTI SINK, Katikavanikunia
15.362500,78.126400
Description
What looks like a sink (insurgence), which drains a seasonal stream underground, is indicated on the Survey of India sheet 57-I/03 (edition 1983) next to Boulders (possibly a closed depression) at a location that can be expected to fall on the catchment area of the perennial karst spring rising at the –>Yaganti temple. SITUATION: About 1.5 km in a direct line south-west of the village of Katikavanikunia (note 1) and at about halfway on a line following a 2 km long gap (obviously retracing a NW-SE trending fault) on the Yaganti plateau and heading towards the temple of –>Yaganti at the karst spring (exsurgence) and suspected resurgence (note 2). ETYMOLOGY: The place name -Katikavanikunia- contain the lexem -kava- and appears to mean something -cavish- (note 3).What looks like a sink (insurgence), which drains a seasonal stream underground, is indicated on the Survey of India sheet 57-I/03 (edition 1983) next to Boulders (possibly a closed depression) at a location that can be expected to fall on the catchment area of the perennial karst spring rising at the –>Yaganti temple. SITUATION: About 1.5 km in a direct line south-west of the village of Katikavanikunia (note 1) and at about halfway on a line following a 2 km long gap (obviously retracing a NW-SE trending fault) on the Yaganti plateau and heading towards the temple of –>Yaganti at the karst spring (exsurgence) and suspected resurgence (note 2). ETYMOLOGY: The place name -Katikavanikunia- contain the lexem -kava- and appears to mean something -cavish- (note 3).
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Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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1.9 | YAGANTI, 2nd (Cave at) | ||
1.9 | YAGANTI, 1st (Cave at) | ||
2.0 | YAGANTI, 3rd (Cave at) | ||
2.1 | YERRA ZARI GAVI | ||
2.1 | Ulavalagondi 2 Crevice | ||
2.7 | MOGASARAYANAGONDI CAVE | ||
2.9 | YAGANTI SECOND RAVINE CAVE (Foote 1884a: 33) | ||
3.0 | YERRA ZARI SPRING & CAVE | ||
3.6 | Ulavalagondi 1 Crevice |