Applicatopn dossier for nomination as a European Geopark ...

The cave is situated in gypsum and represents the
large landslide underground hall complicated with large
blocks. Before the creation of the state reserve it had
been actively visited by tourists.
Cave Natechnaya. This cave is situated in the same
crater as Cherep but on the opposite slope. It
represents a large vertical crack (max. height up is to
5m, width is up to 2,5m), with one small entrance -
manhole, decorated with a white gypsum bark of
secondary crystallization. Before the creation of the
state reserve it had been actively visited by tourists. It
has been known since 1969.
Cave November, 8. It is situated in the natural hale
Sharbulack. It was found in 1985. The entrance to the
cave is located in a slope of karstic crater. The cave
represents a descending crack in gypsum rock.
General extent is about 30m. The depth from the
steppe level is 13,3m.
Cave March, 8. The entrance is the horizontal channel
of roundish section leaving under the basis of a gypsum
exposure in the western slope of karstic crater. Further
the cave runs along cracks deep into the massive as a
narrow horizontal way. It is narrow, difficultly passable
and short. It is seldom visited. It was found in 1968.
Cave Familnaja. It is located in the natural hole
Sharbulack. It represents a large vertical crack (max.
height up is to 5m, width is up to 2,5m), with one small
entrance - manhole, decorated with a white gypsum
bark of secondary crystallization. The height of the
manhole is about 8m. The extent is about 20m. The
width is 0,6-0,8m. It is very seldom visited. The
entrance is obstructed. The cave is found in 1968.
Cave Vodjanaja - 1. It is located in the natural hole
Sharbulack in the basis of a slope karstic crater. The
extent of the cave is about 10-12m, the width is 1-1,5m
and the height is 2,5m. The cave obliquely runs to the
bottom and tooks to the small lake with the area of
about 4m and the depth up to 2,5m. It was found in
60th years.
Cave Vodjanaja - 2. It is located in the natural hole
Sharbulack. The entrance represents a narrow
extended window following to a cavity. The extent of a
cave is about 38m. In the cave there are two small
lakes with the area of 10m and 6,7m, the depth is up to
1,5m and up to 3,5m accordingly. It was found in 1989.
Cave Dlinny razlomchick. It is situated in the natural
hole Sharbulack. The entrance is located on the slope
8
of a karstic crater. The cave represents a vertical
crack with the inclined sandy floor and blindly coming
to the end in the distant part. The extent is about
16m. The height is up to 3,5m, width is 0,5-0,6m. The
cave was found in 1989.
Cave Gluboky razlomchik. It is situated in the
natural hole Sharbulack. The entrance is located in a
karstic well. The cave represents a vertical
descending crack in gypsums, the depth is up to 10m
and its width is about 0,5m. The cave was found in
2002.
Cave Аstrahanka. It is situated in the southwest part
of the natural hole Sharbulack. The entrance is
located on the slope of a karstic hollow, in the basis
of a gypsum exposure. The extent is about 20m. The
average height of the manhole is about 2-2,5m. It
was found in 2000.
Cave Obmanka. It is situated in the southwest part of
the natural hole Sharbulack. The entrance is located
on the slope of a karstic hole, in the basis of gypsum
exposure. The maximal depth of the cave bedding
from the steppe level is 21,3m. The extent is about
16m. The average height of the manhole is about 1-
1,3m. The width of it is about 2-2,5m. The size of the
cave entrance is 2,7 X 2,1m. It blindly comes to a low
manhole. It was found in 2000.
Cave Sharovskaya - 1. It is situated on the western
coast of Baskunchack. The entrance is located in a
gypsum exposure (east exposition) and represents a
narrow vertical crack running to the cavity. The basic
part of this cave is submitted by the underground hall
of a landslide origin. The hall has sizes of 8-5,5m.
Height of a hall is up to 4,5m. The floor of a cave is
filled up with blocks and pieces of gypsum. It is
located in immediate proximity from a day time
surface. It was found in 1995.
Cave Sharovskaya - 2. It is situated on the western
coast of Baskunchack. The entrance is located in a
gypsum exposure of karstic crater southern slope.
The cave is submitted by bursiform poorly
descending cavity, in distant bottom part of which
there is a small lake with the area of about 15m2,
with the depth of 1,5m. The extent of the cave is
about 11m. The depth from the surface level is 10m.
It was found in 1995.
Cave Sharovskaya - 3. It is situated on the western
coast of Baskunchack. The entrance is located in a
gypsum exposure and represents a narrow horizontal