The Beauty of the Stone Forest Cluster in Indonesia

 
Karst-Pangkep Maros in South Sulawesi is one area of ​​karst landscape has unique and distinctive so-called tower karst.

South Sulawesi has karst (rock hill) is very broad, the Maros karst-Pangkep. Spans 4500 hectares, the third largest in the world. Browse this karst and see the wealth in it.

This area is located in two districts, namely Maros regency and Pangkep. Precisely in the northern city of Makassar, between 50 and 100 kilometers from the city of Makassar. Range karst can be seen clearly from the road that connects the trans-Sulawesi, Makassar-Parepare.

Caves are formed as a result of leaching of carbonate rocks that not only produces a very beautiful cave ornaments. But also a place of refuge of the human species in the past. The caves are inhabited by humans and their cultures in the past. This is called as a prehistoric cave.

potential speleologi
The caves are developed to form hall and an underground river in the Maros karst-Pangkep become one of its own potential. Cave with an underground river that has undergone a stunning development of cave formation.

Longest and deepest cave in Indonesia
Until now, the longest and deepest cave in Indonesia was found in the Maros karst. Single deepest cave-shaped wells with a depth of 260 meters was found in Leang Leaputte. The longest cave system is estimated to be found in the Kallang Salukkan cave, which extends for 2700 meters.
This cave system is a set of systems that connect perguaan-connect and have some of the mouth of the cave. One of the mouth of the cave is a vertical cave contained within the conservation area Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park, in the area Karaenta. In 2001, again found the second longest cave in the Maros, with a length of 12 kilometers in area Balocci, Pangkep. The findings of this French expedition team further adds to the long list of caves in Maros wealth.

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