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Mammoth is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Mammoth is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Cedar Grove , along Kellys Creek . [ 2 ] Mammoth has a post office with ZIP code 25132.
partly within Mammoth Cave National Park: 6 Great Savannah Cave System,(Maxwelton Sink Cave [9]-McClung Cave [10]) 82.5 km (51.26 mi) [11] near Greenbrier County, West Virginia: none 7 Friars Hole Cave System: 81.2 km (50.46 mi) [12] near Renicks Valley, West Virginia
Germany Valley is situated in the upper reaches of the North Fork South Branch Potomac River in northeastern Pendleton County, West Virginia.The Valley floor is at an elevation of approximately 2,100 feet (640 m) with the surrounding mountaintops about 500 to 1,200 feet (150 to 370 meters) higher.
Mammoth Cave is the longest-known cave system in the world. “There are caves that have larger rooms, but we are the longest,” Schroer said. “We are currently mapped at 426 miles.
It is defined by North Fork Mountain to the west and Cave Mountain to the east. At places the Canyon is over 1,000 feet (300 m) deep with nearly vertical walls. (The riverbed is at about 1,100 feet (340 m) above sea level and the summit of Cave Mountain is 2,470 feet (750 m).)
Geologic Map of West Virginia. West Virginia's geologic history stretches back into the Precambrian, and includes several periods of mountain building and erosion. At times, much of what is now West Virginia was covered by swamps, marshlands, and shallow seas, accounting for the wide variety of sedimentary rocks found in the state, as well as its wealth of coal and natural gas deposits.
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