Degurić cave
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The Degurić cave is, according to the latest research, the longest
and, with its characteristics, the most beautiful cavern in the region of Valjevo
Valjevo
Valjevo is a city and municipality located in western Serbia. It is the center of the Kolubara District, which includes five other smaller municipalities with a total population of almost 180,000 people...

 karst. Through the main channel stream flows passing through six siphons. The first siphon
Siphon
The word siphon is sometimes used to refer to a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes. But in the English language today, the word siphon usually refers to a tube in an inverted U shape which causes a liquid to flow uphill, above the surface of the reservoir,...

is 6m deep,and six siphon is the deepest one and it is not passed through. Entrance channel is,up to the first siphon, 450.8m long. Total length of all topographed channels(from entrance to third siphon)
is 2027.7m.
Especially interesting and the most attractive part of the cave is place where side channels, and lake in front of the second siphon meet. Research of Degurić cave has not been finished yet.

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