Woodville Karst Plain

Woodville Karst Plain

The Woodville Karst Plain is a 450 square mile karst area that runs from Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico and includes numerous first magnitude springs, including Wakulla Springs, and the Leon Sinks Cave System, the longest underwater cave in the United States extending some 18 miles and ranks #90 among the top 100 deepest caves in the world. Also of interest are the Leon Sinks.

ee also

* Woodville Karst Plain Project

External links

* [http://www.caves.com/fss/pages/misc/long_cave_list.htm Longest caves in Florida]
* [http://www.cob.jp/jsp/english/w-long.html Top 100 Deepest Caves in the World]
* [http://cavesurvey.com/long_underwater_caves.htm Long Underwater Caves @ CaveSurvey.com]


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