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June 15, 2004 NIAGARA RIVER CAVE Position: South Entrance: WGS84 - 18 16' 01.8" N, 77 48' 59.6" W, +/- 5m Field notes: D. K. ROGGY Cavers: R. S. Stewart, D. K. Roggy, E. Slack Time in: 15:00 EST, Time out: 16:05 EST THREAT VULNERABILITY: Medium A large river cave. The approx. 2m high by 3m wide south entrance puts you straight into the flow of the niagara river, flowing to your right. The river was chest deep in places as we followed it upstream. The river was actively flowing and we noted the "water rat passage" coming in from the right. Water was flowing out of it, but in contrast to the observations in Jamaica Underground, it was not responsible for the majority of the volumetric flow of water in the cave. We continued left of the water rat passage into an area where stalactites came down into the water like teeth. The headspace started looking restricted, so we turned back. We noted the presence of many crabs and N. farri on the ceiling. Some amount of twigs and leaves were present, but no garbage. |
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