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1) An underground hollow with access from the ground surface or from the sea, often found in limestone areas and on rocky coastlines. 2) A natural cavity, chamber or recess which leads beneath the surface of the earth, generally in a horizontal or obliquely inclined direction. It may be in the form of a passage or a gallery, its shape depending in part on the joint pattern or structure of the rock and partly on the type of process involved in its excavation. Thus, caves worn by subterranean rivers may be different in character from, and of considerably greater extent than, a sea-cave eroded by marine waves. 3) A natural underground open space, generally with a connection to the surface and large enough for a person to enter. The most common type of cave is formed in a limestone by dissolution. (Source: CED / WHIT / BJGEO)

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Gaerdes J 1967. Eine unerforschte Höhle in der Naukluft. Newsletter of the SWA Scientific Society 8 (5) 5-6

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Irish J, Marais E Namibian cave register.

Website link:http://www.namibweb.com/cavesreg.htm

Cooper-Bohannon R, Kasaona M, Bohannon K 2012. African Skies: the distribution, ecology and conservation of cave-dwelling bats in southern Africa. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 53 27-36

Website link:http://www.namscience.com.na/

Marais E, Scott L, Gil-Romera G, Carrison JS 2015. The potential of palynology in fossil bat-dung from Arnhem Cave, Namibia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 70 (2) 109-115

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Ritter R, Mann PM 1995. Discovery and exploration of two new caves in the Northwest District. Botswana Notes and Records 27 1-12

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980030

Scott L, Skelton P 554: Karstveld Sink Holes. Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW)

Website link:http://www.feow.org/ecoregions/details/karstveld_sink_holes

Dean WRJ, Jensen RAC 1974. The nest and eggs of Bradfield's swift. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 45 (1) 44

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1974.9639173#.VRqxpGf9kpE

Bills R 2007. Clarias cavernicola.

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Clarias cavernicola.pdf	2.32 MB

Skelton PH 1990. The status of fishes from sinkholes and caves in Namibia. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 42 75-83

le Roux J, Fileccia A, Irish J, Steenkamp C, Viljoen S, Shirley D, Sieg U 2014. Aikab expedition 2014 - Technical report, exploration, mapping and survey, Aikab Hemicenote.

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Kensley B A new genus of aquatic cave-dwelling isopod from Namibia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). Cimbebasia (14) 1-15

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A new genus of aquatic cave_dwelling isopod from Namibia.pdf	5.45 MB

Avery DM 1984. Micromammals and environmental change at Zebrarivier Cave, Central Namibia. Journal of the Southwest Africa Scientific Society 1983/84 76-86

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Railsback LB, Kraft S, Liang F, Brook GA, Marais E, Cheng H, Edwards RL 2019. Control of insolation on stalagmite growth, rainfall, and migration of the tropical rain belt in northern Namibia over the last 100 kyr, as suggested by a rare MIS 5b-5c stalagmite from Dante Cave. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 535

Website link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018219300471?via%3Dihub=

Marais E, Martini JEJ, Irish J 1995. Gaub As (Namibie occidentale) Une grotte dans de la dolomie megacristalline hydrothermale. Karstologia 25 (2) 51-54

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Masson J 2006. Apollo 11 Cave in southwest Namibia: Some observations on the site and its rock art. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 61 (183) 76-89

Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3888908

Churchill S, Draper R, Marais E 1997. Cave utilisation by Namibian bats: Population, microclimate and roost selection. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 27 44-50

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Cave utilisation by Namibian bats_1997.pdf	1.39 MB

Hodgins G, Brook GA, Marais E 2007. Bomb-spike dating of a mummified baboon in Ludwig Cave, Namibia. International Journal of Speleology 36 (1) 31-38

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Bomb_spike dating of a mummified baboon in Ludwig Cave_Namibia.pdf	829.35 KB

Jacobs FJ, Jacobs PG, Hay CJ, Naesje TF 2020. Status update of the endemic and critically endangered cave catfish Clarias cavernicola Trewavas 1936, from the Aigamas Cave system, Namibia. African Journal of Aquatic Science

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/16085914.2020.1787125

Hay C 2019. Swimming blind - Why Namibia's critically endangered blind cave catfish needs more research attention. Conservation and the Environment in Namibia (2019)

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Martini J 1993. Note: Swaknoite (Ca(NH4 )2 (HPO4 )2 .H2 O, orthorhombic), a new mineral from Arnhem Cave, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 8 167-168

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A new mineral from Arnhem Cave.pdf	291.07 KB

Goutier H 2023. Speleological Expedition Namibia 2023: Kaokoveld Otavi.

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Speleological Expedition Namibia 2023_Kaokoveld Otavi.pdf	5.87 MB

de Matos D, Zastrow J, Val A, Mendelsohn JM 2023. Caves and their fauna in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 8 323-330

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Caves and their fauna in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia.pdf	1.27 MB

Detay M, Sanchez P 2015. Namibie 2015: Harasib - Dragon Breath - Ghaub.

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Caving in Namibia 2015_Harasib_Dragon Breath_Ghaub.pdf	5.73 MB

Cardoso GM, du Preez G, Taiti S, Ferreira RL 2021. New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). Subterranean Biology 40 91-108

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New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia.pdf	1.51 MB

Harvey MS, Mahnert V 2015. A new species of Sphaerowithius (Pseudoscorpiones, Withiidae) from Namibia. African Invertebrates 56 (2) 491-497

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Kasso M, Balakrishnan M 2013. Ecological and Economic Importance of Bats (Order Chiroptera). ISRN Biodiversity 2013

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Ecological and Economic Importance of Bats_2013.pdf	1.19 MB

Cooper-Bohannon R 2015. Assessing the distribution of bats in southern Africa to highlight conservation priorities.

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Assessing the distribution of bats in southern Africa to highlight conservation priorities_2015.pdf	7.49 MB

Marais E, Irish J 1997. Cave investigations in Namibia, IV. Aikab hemicenote, and other karst phenomena in the Etosha National Park. Madoqua 20 (1) 81-90

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