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20: 56:), which has been ascertained to represent a new species, genus and also family. Other species discovered in the system, include the air-breathing land snails 232: 42:
The "Lukina jama" cave is 1431 m deep (2013), the deepest cave in Croatia, 14th deepest cave in the world and the deepest cave in southeast
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species (Gastropoda, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae) from 980 m depth in the Lukina jama–Trojama cave system (Velebit Mts., Croatia)"
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The vertical shaft "Patkov Gušt", named after a deceased Croatian speleologist is 553 meters deep and the second deepest
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The Lukina Jama–Trojama cave system. Overview of the geographical position and 3D cave cross-section
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Lukina jama, from the Speleological Committee of the Croatian Mountaineering Association
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Radovan Radovinovič, The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide, pg. 143, Zagreb (1999),
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with some of the world's largest subterranean vertical drops.
47: 36: 151: 191: 80:Other notable caves include the "Slovacka jama" ( 263: 194:"Speleological exploration of pit Patkov gušt" 131: 129: 70:" special reserve, a dedicated part of the 126: 176: 18: 264: 145: 13: 14: 298: 215: 196:. Croatian speleological server 185: 1: 152:Alexander M. Weigand (2013). 119: 7: 282:Karst formations of Croatia 192:D.Bakšić, A.Bakšić (2008). 97: 10: 303: 94:in the world as of 2007. 178:10.3897/subtbiol.11.5966 24: 248:44.76694°N 15.02639°E 109:List of deepest caves 22: 165:Subterranean Biology 244: /  53:Erpobdella mestrovi 253:44.76694; 15.02639 35:have several deep 25: 59:Zospeum tholussum 294: 272:Caves of Croatia 259: 258: 256: 255: 254: 249: 245: 242: 241: 240: 237: 206: 205: 203: 201: 189: 183: 182: 180: 162: 149: 143: 133: 72:Sjeverni Velebit 16:Caves in Croatia 302: 301: 297: 296: 295: 293: 292: 291: 277:Limestone caves 262: 261: 252: 250: 246: 243: 238: 235: 233: 231: 230: 227: 218: 212: 210: 209: 199: 197: 190: 186: 160: 150: 146: 134: 127: 122: 100: 68:Rožanski kukovi 17: 12: 11: 5: 300: 290: 289: 284: 279: 274: 225: 224: 217: 216:External links 214: 208: 207: 184: 144: 124: 123: 121: 118: 117: 116: 111: 106: 99: 96: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 299: 288: 285: 283: 280: 278: 275: 273: 270: 269: 267: 260: 257: 228: 223: 220: 219: 213: 195: 188: 179: 174: 170: 166: 159: 157: 148: 142: 141:953-178-097-8 138: 132: 130: 125: 115: 112: 110: 107: 105: 104:List of caves 102: 101: 95: 93: 88: 86: 84: 78: 76: 75:national park 73: 69: 65: 61: 60: 55: 54: 49: 45: 40: 38: 34: 31:mountains of 30: 21: 229: 226: 211: 198:. Retrieved 187: 168: 164: 155: 147: 89: 81: 79: 57: 51: 41: 26: 251: / 287:Wild caves 266:Categories 239:15°01′35″E 236:44°46′01″N 120:References 114:Speleology 171:: 45–53. 98:See also 64:Hajdučki 156:Zospeum 48:leeches 33:Croatia 29:Velebit 200:9 June 139:  83:Slovak 44:Europe 161:(PDF) 154:"New 92:pitch 37:caves 202:2012 137:ISBN 27:The 173:doi 85:pit 268:: 169:11 167:. 163:. 128:^ 77:. 66:i 204:. 181:. 175:: 50:(

Index


Velebit
Croatia
caves
Europe
leeches
Erpobdella mestrovi
Zospeum tholussum
Hajdučki
Rožanski kukovi
Sjeverni Velebit
national park
Slovak
pitch
List of caves
List of deepest caves
Speleology


ISBN
953-178-097-8
"New Zospeum species (Gastropoda, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae) from 980 m depth in the Lukina jama–Trojama cave system (Velebit Mts., Croatia)"
doi
10.3897/subtbiol.11.5966
"Speleological exploration of pit Patkov gušt"
Lukina jama, from the Speleological Committee of the Croatian Mountaineering Association
44°46′01″N 15°01′35″E / 44.76694°N 15.02639°E / 44.76694; 15.02639
Categories
Caves of Croatia
Limestone caves

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