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  • Source: Roodafshan Cave
  • The Roodafshan Cave, or Ghar-e Roodafshan, is a solutional cave located in Roodafshan valley, Damavand County, Tehran Province, Iran, in the Alborz mountains. Since 2003 the Verein fĆ¼r Hƶhlenkunde in Obersteier (Austria) with the Khaneye Koohnavardan-e-Tehran (Iran) has been surveying Roodafshan Cave.
    The length of this spacious cave is 1,502 m with a vertical distance of -90.6 m. The Roodafshan Entrance Hall with 168 m length, 94 m width, 40 m high and 11,395 m2 floor area is the second biggest documented cave chamber in Iran.


    Further reading


    Geyer, T., & Geyer, E. (2003): Forschungen im Iran, Ghar-e-Roodafshan, - Mitteilungen des Vereins fĆ¼r Hƶhlenkunde in Obersteier, 22: 42ā€“43.
    Raesi, E., & Laudmanns, M. (2003): Cave Directory Iran, - Berliner Hƶhlenkundliche Berichte, Band 10.
    SELAHI, M., (1999): Ghar-haye Iran, Ghar-e-Roodafshan, Page: 51ā€“57. (in Farsi)


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