Meghalaya confirms Lungchun Khur as India’s 10th longest cave
At an astounding 13,618 meters, Lungchun Khur has been confirmed by a big caving expedition in Meghalaya as the ninth longest limestone cave and the tenth longest cave in India. During the "Caving in the Abode of the Clouds Expedition" that took place from February 2–28, international teams documented 22,663 meters of cave passages that had never been explored before. With intricate networks of relic passageways, inlet formations, and boulder chokes, the recently ranked Lungchun Khur has enormous underground river passages that are up to 30 meters wide and high.
The discovery, which was located beneath the Muallian Spur, was especially noteworthy because specialists had previously thought that the region lacked large cave networks. The general secretary of the Meghalaya Adventurers Ass...