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Dragon's Breath Cave is located in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia on private land, not accessible to the general public. The cave was discovered by Roger Ellis during a caving expedition to the area in 1986. It is named for the moist air rising from its entrance which resembled the breath of a dragon. [1]
Dragon's Breath Cave was subsequently surveyed and listed in the Guinness World Records book as the largest non-subglacial underground lake in the world. [ 3 ] Caves beneath Otjikoto Lake and Lake Guinas : Both of these lakes were created by collapsing dolomite caves, and are submerged in water.
Underground lake within Cross Cave in Slovenia, one of 22 such lakes. An underground lake (also known as a subterranean lake) is a lake underneath the surface of the Earth. . Most naturally occurring underground lakes are found in areas of karst topography, [1] [2] where limestone or other soluble rock has been weathered away, leaving a cave where water can flow and accumu
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There are huge subterranean water reserves beneath parts of the Kalahari; the Dragon's Breath Cave, for example, is the largest documented non-subglacial underground lake. Such reserves may partly be the residues of ancient lakes; the Kalahari Desert was once a much wetter place.
The speed of the airflow in barometric caves is directly correlated with the atmospheric pressure difference between the inside and outside of the cave. [3] When the air pressure outside of the cave is higher than that inside the cave air blows into the cave and vice versa; if the air pressures are at equilibrium there is no airflow. [4]
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The cave catfish [2] (Clarias cavernicola) [3] is a critically endangered species of airbreathing catfish. [1] This cavefish is only known to live in the Aigamas cave, Otjozondjupa region, Namibia. [4] [2] It has also been reported from the nearby Dragon's Breath Cave. [5]