Brave speleologists are tempted by
the mystery of unexplored depths of one of the most
impressive caves the Cave Over Devils
Whirlpools. The cave is located near Bijelo Polje,
in the Bistrica river canyon. Going upstream through
the Djalovica gorge,
on the left side of the valley, at the place where
the valley joins the gorge, there is the lowest of the
four lakes known as Vrazji virovi Devils
Whirlpools. The largest of the three entrances to
the Cave Over Devils Whirlpools is in the upper
part of the valley. 11750 meters of the cave have
been explored so far.
The explored part consists of a large
number of galleries, passages and chambers, which
can be divided into four parts according to the position,
direction and general morphological characteristics.
Those parts are: Lakes Gallery (Kanal sa jezerima),
Big Labyrinth (Veliki lavirint), Big Gallery (Dugi
kanal) and the passages that connect the upper and lower
galleries.
Lakes Gallery is distinguished by
a large number of lakes, both permanent (about 15 of
them) and periodic (20-30), as well as by small stalactites
and stalagmites.
Big Labyrinth is a maze of about
15 galleries of various dimensions. It is here that
the concentration of chemical deposits speleothems
is the most abundant and the most varied in colors
and shapes compared to the other parts of the cave.
Big Gallery over whelms the other parts
of the cave by its stunning dimensions and its length.
The average width of the gallery is about 8 m, although
it can reach 20 m, and the average height is about
20 m, sporadically 50 m. Apart from the chamber named
Cathedral, with a big stalagmite monolith, there are
also two channels 30 m and 25 m deep. Big Gallery
belongs to the upper part of the cave, as Big Labyrinth
does, but it has more water lakes, siphons,
even streams. There is a lot of gravel covered by calcite
and many fine sand deposits. Calcite deposits are
often huge, but due to the gallerys size, they
are not as visible as in Big Labyrinth.
The fourth morphological part is
made of passages that connect the upper (Big Labyrinth
and Big Gallery) and lower levels (Lakes Gallery).
Characteristics of these passages are a combination
of the two mentioned levels some parts are
more similar to the upper and some to the lower level.
Although Big Labyrinth and Big Gallery
have different forms, they can be considered an entity
compared to the Lakes Gallery, which is morphologic and genetic different.
At this time the cave is not open for tourists.
Only explorers have access to its chambers.
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