What is the difference between a cave and a cavern? I have a cool map that shows caves in the US that are open for public tours. The old version of the map is called the National Cave Directory. The new version of the map is called the National Cave & Cavern Directory. What does that mean?
2007-02-27 13:54:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
According to the Dictionary of Geological Terms
Cave – A natural cavity, recess, chamber, or series of chambers and galleries beneath the surface of the earth, large enough for a person to enter.
Cavern – A syn. of cave, with the implication of large size, a system or series of caves or cave chambers.
2007-02-27 15:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by eiscubes 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Cave Vs Cavern
2016-12-18 11:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What is the difference between a cave and a cavern?
What is the difference between a cave and a cavern? I have a cool map that shows caves in the US that are open for public tours. The old version of the map is called the National Cave Directory. The new version of the map is called the National Cave & Cavern Directory. What does that mean?
2015-08-16 21:21:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
caves are indug in a mass above sea level or above ground. Caverns tend to be very steepward torward the ground in stead of upward. Some caverns go so far that they break water and so makes the difference between caves and caverns.
The map was just updated after they found "caverns" that is suitable to be catogorized and mapped in the same directory
2007-02-27 14:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by mikey b 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Caverns are actually a type of cave. There are many types of caves and a cavern is one of them. A Cavern is made out of soluble rock and can create stalagmites.
2014-04-19 12:02:02 · answer #5 · answered by KRISSYD 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Caves and caverns are the same thing. Both words come from the Latin "cavus" - "hollow" through Old French into Middle English. The words are synonyms. "Cavern" is often used for poetic effect. Carlsbad Cavern, for instance, sounds grander than Carlsbad Cave but either word could be used.
2007-02-27 15:33:30 · answer #6 · answered by tentofield 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Caves I always have thought to be dry...while Caverns are wet...like...Underwater Cavern...or there's a Cave in the side of that mountain...
2007-02-27 13:59:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋