Siju Cave

Siju Cave is located in Meghalaya near Naphak Lane and Simsang River game reserve. It is a limestone cave.[1] The Cave is filled with water and is many kilometers long. It is considered as the third longest cave system in India.[2] In 1927 it was found that the caves have a temperature of 21-26.4 °C.[3]

Biodiversity and faunistic composition

Arachnida- Opilionida, Schizomida

Myriapoda- Diplopoda Julida, Decapoda Natantia

Crustacea- Isopoda Oniscidea

Collembola- Entomobryomorpha

Insecta- Orthoptera [4]

Some rarest bat species live in these caves.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Indian Encyclopaedia, Volume 1. Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd. p. 6573. ISBN 9788177552577.
  2. ↑ Environment Chronicles: the best of TerraGreen. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). p. 64. ISBN 9788179933589.
  3. ↑ Biospeleology: The Biology of Cavernicolous Animals. Elsevier. p. 309. ISBN 9781483185132.
  4. ↑ Encyclopedia of Caves. Academic Press. p. 245. ISBN 9780123838322.
  5. ↑ "Meghalaya: Visit Asia's cleanest village & meet the flurry red panda". The Econimic Times.

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