Dragon's Breath Cave
The Dragon's Breath Cave is a cave located 46 kilometres (29 mi) northwest of Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa region of Namibia.
Inside this cave lies the largest non-subglacial underground lake in the world, with an area of almost 2 hectares (4.9 acres).[1] The lake is located around 100 metres (330 ft) below the surface.[2] Its total depth is unknown, though exploration to date suggests it is at least 100 m.[3]
The Aigamas cave in the Otjozondjupa region is the only known habitat of the golden cave catfish (Clarias cavernicola).[4][5]
See also
- Caves of Namibia
- Great Manmade River: project based on another fossil water store in an arid area in Africa
References
- ↑ "Dragon's Breath, Namibia". National Geographic. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ↑ "Namibia's hidden depths". Travel Namibia Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ↑ Fileccia, Alessio (2012). "Namibian ground water systems" (PDF). Speleo Diversity. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ↑ Cave catfish (Clarias cavernicola) at ARKive. Images of Life on Earth
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Clarias cavernicola" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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Coordinates: 19°28′05″S 17°47′08″E / 19.46806°S 17.78556°E
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