The Roodafshan Cave, or Ghar-e Roodafshan, is a
solutional cave
A solutional cave, solution cave, or karst cave is a cave usually formed in the soluble rock limestone. It is the most frequently occurring type of cave. It can also form in other rocks, including chalk, dolomite, marble, salt beds, and gypsum.
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located in Roodafshan valley,
Damavand County
Damavand County ( fa, شهرستان دماوند) is located in Tehran province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Tu ...
,
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
Province, Iran, in the
Alborz
The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs nort ...
mountains.
[
] Since 2003 the Verein für Höhlenkunde in Obersteier (
Austria
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) with the Khaneye Koohnavardan-e-Tehran (
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
) has been surveying Roodafshan Cave.
The length of this spacious cave is 1,502 m with a vertical distance of -90.6 m.
The Roodafshan Entrance Hall with 168 m length, 94 m width, 40 m high and 11,395 m
2 floor area is the second biggest documented cave chamber in Iran.
Further reading
* Geyer, T., & Geyer, E. (2003): Forschungen im Iran, Ghar-e-Roodafshan, - Mitteilungen des Vereins für Höhlenkunde in Obersteier, 22: 42–43.
* Raesi, E., & Laudmanns, M. (2003): Cave Directory Iran, - Berliner Höhlenkundliche Berichte, Band 10.
* SELAHI, M., (1999): Ghar-haye Iran, Ghar-e-Roodafshan, Page: 51–57. (in Farsi)
References
Caves of Iran
Landforms of Tehran Province
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