category: natural
year: 1995
location: Districts of Rožnava and Spišská Nová Ves, Region of Košice (SK)
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 48.4757300000, 20.4868700000
The variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves currently identified make up a typical temperate-zone karstic system. Because they display an extremely rare combination of tropical and glacial climatic effects, they make it possible to study geological history over tens of millions of years.
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