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Gournier Cave
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The Gournier Cave is located near Choranche in the Vercors Massif in south-eastern France. The entrance is at an altitude of 572 m (1,877 ft) at the base of a cliff on the Presles plateau. It is one of the exsurgences (points at which an underground stream reaches the surface if stream has no known surface headwaters)[1] of the Coulmes massif, and the cave is considered by many speleologists to be the most beautiful underground river in the Alps.[2]
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![]() Entrance lake to the Gournier cave. | |
Location | Choranche, France |
Coordinates | 45°04′36.6″N 5°23′44.8″E |
Depth | + 680 metres (2,230 ft) |
Length | 18,000 metres (59,000 ft) |
Elevation | 572 metres (1,877 ft) |
Geology | Limestone |
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