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Rivka Ziv 1 Cave

Grid ref.: 196566/262098
Elevation: approx. 550 m above sea level

Description of the cave:

Rivka Ziv 1 Cave is a small cave that developed in soft limestone. The cave is built of a central chamber and two small rooms connected to it on the north.

The cave has a main entrance measuring 7X1 m, which opens on the southeastern side of the central chamber. The entrance is at the bottom of a low rock step, on the western bank of a small channel that drains into Nahal Akhbara from the north.

The central chamber of the cave measures about 14X7 m and is about 4 m high. The rock layers in this area dip in a general southward direction, which is prominent in the cave ceiling, which also slopes in accordance with the dip of the layers. In the middle of the southern part of the chamber there is a round opening in the cave ceiling. Another opening is located on the northern side of the eastern wall, measuring 0.5X1 m, and it connects the central chamber to another space with an (additional) opening to the stream surface.

* No bats were observed in the cave.

Written by: Boaz Langford