Karstbase Bibliography Database

Current data indicate that the recorded caves within China include 78 that are more than 5km long and 60 that are deeper than 250m. There are 15 cave chambers with individual floor areas greater than 25,000m2 and 23 separate underground river systems whose lengths total more than 50km. Most of these caves and cave river systems are in southwestern China, where massive, thick and continuous sequences of carbonate rock are at outcrop across terrain that experiences a warm and humid climate.