Woodville Karst Plain

The Woodville Karst Plain.

The Woodville Karst Plain is a 450-square-mile (1,200 km2) karst area that runs from Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico separated by the Cody Scarp.

This karst plain includes numerous first magnitude springs, including Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave System, the longest surveyed underwater cave in the United States extending 32 miles (51 km) and ranking #57 among the top 100 longest caves in the world.[1] The WKP is home to five of the 27 reported species of troglobites in the Florida and South Georgia including Woodville Karst cave crayfish and Swimming Florida cave isopod. Also of interest are the Leon Sinks.[2]

Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave System

On Dec 15, 2007, the connection between the Wakulla cave system and Leon Sinks cave system was made by members of the Woodville Karst Plain Project to establish the Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave System.[3] This connection established it as the longest underwater cave in the United States and the sixth largest in the world at a total of 32 miles (51 km) of surveyed passages.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Bob Gulden (May 13, 2013). "Worlds longest caves". Geo2 Committee on Long and Deep Caves. National Speleological Society (NSS). Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Global Underwater Explorers
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kernagis DN, McKinlay C, Kincaid TR (2008). "Dive Logistics of the Turner to Wakulla Cave Traverse". In: Brueggeman P, Pollock NW, eds. Diving for Science 2008. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 27th Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS;. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  4. ↑ Bob Gulden, Jim Coke (May 13, 2013). "World longest underwater caves". Geo2 Committee on Long and Deep Caves. NSS. Retrieved June 13, 2013.

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