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Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

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Chapter 26 -- Subterranean Water Bodies<br />

At the lower end <strong>of</strong> the "cave lake" category would be "cave pools," ponded waterbodies too<br />

small to merit "lake" designation.<br />

<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>'s Carlsbad Caverns National Park -- not the product <strong>of</strong> carbonic acid solutioning, but<br />

rather that <strong>of</strong> sulfuric acid -- provides an illustration <strong>of</strong> such pools. The only water in the caverns<br />

is meteoric seepage along joints, bedding planes and interconnected pores. Though some<br />

waterbodies are designated "lakes," none are more than a meter or two across.<br />

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Lunchroom<br />

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Green Lake Devil's Spring (which isn't a spring)<br />

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• Balcony Pool<br />

• Big Shelf Pool<br />

Sword <strong>of</strong> Damocles Pool<br />

• Calcite Raft Pool<br />

• Devil's Spring<br />

• Green Lake<br />

• Guadalupe Room Pool<br />

• Horsehead Pool<br />

• Iron Pool<br />

• Lake <strong>of</strong> Clouds<br />

• Longfellows Bathtub<br />

• Mirror Lake<br />

• Rookery Pool<br />

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