CAVE SYSTEM

cave system: translation

   1. An underground network of passages, chambers, or other cavities.

   2. The caves in a given area related to each other hydrologically, whether continuous or discontinuous from a single opening [10].

   Synonyms: (French.) réseau souterrain; (German.) Höhlensystem; (Greek.) speleothes systema, thiction; (Italian.) sistema carsico sotterraneo; (Russian.) sistema podzemnih pescer; (Spanish.) sistema de cavidades; (Turkish.) ma™ ara sistemi, serisi; (Yugoslavian.) peƒinski ( spiljski) sistem, amski sistem.

   See also cave; cave group; cave series; cavern.