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Speleological Terms by Name
Below you will find Speleological Terms by Name. For your convenience the list is provided in alphabetical order.
- Aa
- Abney Level
- Abseil
- Accidental
- Acetylene
- Active Cave
- Adaptation
- Adventive
- Aeolian
- Aeolian Calcarenite
- Aeolianite
- Affinity
- Aggressive
- Air Pocket
- Alcove
- Algae
- Allogenic Drainage
- Alluvium
- Amphibious
- Anastomosis
- Anchor
- Anemolite
- Antennae
- Anthodite
- Aquatic
- Aquifer
- Aragonite
- Arboreal
- Arete Karst
- Arkose
- Armchair Caver
- Artefact
- Artesian
- Arthropods
- Ascender
- Ash
- Asphodilites
- Association
- Autogenic Drainage
- Aven
- Azimuth
- Bacon
- Bacteria
- Bare Karst
- Basalt
- Basin
- Bat
- Bathyphreatic
- Bearing
- Bed
- Bedding Grike
- Bedding Plane
- Bedding Plane Cave
- Bedrock
- Belay
- Belay Point
- Belay Rope
- Below
- Bench
- Benthic
- Bio-space
- Bioclastic
- Biogenic
- Biogeography
- Biomass
- Biospeleology
- Biota
- Bivalve
- Blanket
- Blind Shaft
- Blind Valley
- Blister Cave
- Blowhole
- Bobbin
- Bollard
- Bolt
- Bomb
- Bone Breccia
- Boobtube
- Botryoid
- Boulder Choke
- Boxwork
- Brake Bar
- Branchwork
- Breakdown
- Breccia
- Brunton Compass
- Bryozoa
- Burst
- Caco3
- Cainozoic
- Calcarenite
- Calcareous
- Calcification
- Calcilutite
- Calcirudite
- Calcite
- Calcium Carbonate
- Calcrete
- Calcsiltite
- Cambering Fissure
- Canopy
- Canyon
- Caprock
- Carabiner
- Carbide
- Carbide Lamp
- Carbon Dioxide
- Carbonic Acid
- Carnivorous
- Catchment
- Cave
- Cave Age
- Cave Blister
- Cave Breathing
- Cave Breathing, (Cont)
- Cave Community
- Cave Component
- Cave Coral
- Cave Cricket
- Cave Deposit
- Cave Development
- Cave Earth
- Cave Ecology
- Cave Ecosystem
- Cave Extent
- Cave Fill
- Cave Flower
- Cave Group
- Cave Guano
- Cave Length
- Cave Mineral
- Cave Pearl
- Cave Postule
- Cave Raft
- Cave Shield
- Cave Spring
- Cave System
- Caver
- Cavern
- Cavernicole
- Caves
- Caving
- Cenote
- Chamber
- Chasm
- Chert
- Chimney
- Chimneying
- Chock
- Chockstone
- Choke
- Class
- Classification
- Claustrophobia
- Clinometer
- Clogger
- Closed Depression
- Closed Traverse
- Cockpit Karst
- Coffee And Cream
- Col
- Collapse Doline
- Collapse Dome
- Colluvial
- Column
- Common Name
- Compass
- Conduit
- Cone Karst
- Contiguous Karst
- Conulite
- Coprolite
- Coprophage
- Coralline
- Coralloid
- Corrasion
- Corridor
- Corrosion
- Covered Karst
- Cow's Tail
- Crab
- Craton
- Crawl(Way)
- Cross Bedding
- Cross Section
- Crust
- Cryptic
- Cryptozoa
- Crystal Pool
- Current Marking
- Curtain
- Dark Adaptation
- Dark Zone
- Daylight Hole
- Dead Cave
- Declination
- Decomposers
- Decoration
- Decoration Types
- Deflation
- Dendritic
- Descender
- Detritivores
- Detritus
- Developed Section
- Diagenesis
- Dig
- Dike
- Dip
- Discharge
- Disjunct Distribution
- Distributional Relict
- Dog Tooth Spar
- Doline
- Doline Karst
- Dolomite
- Dolomite Cave
- Domain
- Dome
- Dome Syndrome
- Donga
- Driphole
- Dripline
- Dripstone
- Dry Cave
- Dry Valley
- Duck(Under)
- Dune Limestone
- Duricrust
- Dye Gauging
- Dynamic Phreas
- Easting
- Eccentric
- Edaphobite
- Efflux
- Efflux Cave
- Endemic
- Endogean
- Endokarstic
- Entrance Zone
- Eolian
- Epigean
- Epikarstic
- Epiphreas, Epiphreatic Zone
- Erosion
- Escarpment
- Eustatic
- Evapotranspiration
- Exhumed Karst
- Exsurgence
- Facies
- Falling
- False Floor
- Family
- Fault
- Fault Cave
- Fault Plane
- Fengcong
- Fenglin
- Fissure
- Fissure Cave
- Flap
- Flattener
- Flint
- Flocculant
- Floe Calcite
- Flowstone
- Fluorescein
- Fluorometer
- Fluvial
- Foibe
- Food Chain
- Food Web
- Foraminifera
- Foraminiferous Limestone
- Foredune
- Forestry Compass
- Formation
- Formations
- Fossil
- Fossil Chamber
- Foul Air
- Free Pitch
- Free Surface Stream
- Friend
- Frostwork
- Funglin
- Fungus
- Gallery
- Gardening
- Gastropod
- Genus
- Geoconservation
- Geodiversity
- Geology
- Gibbs
- Glacier Cave
- Glaciokarst
- Global Positioning System
- Glossary
- Gour
- Gps
- Grade
- Grid
- Grid North
- Grike
- Grot Hole
- Grotto
- Ground Trog
- Groundwater
- Guano
- Guanobia
- Gypsum
- Gypsum Flower
- Habitat
- Half Blind Valley
- Half Tube
- Halite
- Hall
- Harness
- Helictite
- Heligmite
- Helmet
- Herbivore
- Histoplasmosis
- Holokarst
- Horizontal Angle
- Hornito
- Humidity, Relative
- Hydrostatic Pressure
- Hypogean
- Hyporheos
- Ice
- Ice Cave
- Indurated
- Inflow Cave
- Influx Cave
- Inorganic
- Interstitial Medium
- Invertebrate
- Inverted Siphon
- Isopod
- Joint
- Joint Plane
- Joint Plane Cave
- Jug Handle
- Jumar
- Kamenitza
- Kankar
- Karabiner
- Karren
- Karst
- Karst Geomorphology
- Karst Hydrographic Zones
- Karst Hydrology
- Karst Types
- Karst Window
- Karst, Features Of
- Karstic
- Karstification
- Kernmantel
- Keyhole
- Kingdom
- Knobby Pahoehoe
- Krab
- Labyrinth
- Ladder
- Lake
- Lapies
- Lapilli
- Larva
- Laterite
- Lava
- Lava Cave
- Lava Dribbles
- Lava Drips
- Lava Hands
- Lava Stalactites
- Lava Stalagmites
- Lava Tube
- Lava Turds
- Lavacicle
- Lay
- Lead
- Lead Acid Battery
- Leader
- Leg
- Leucophor
- Levee
- Level
- Life Line
- Limestone
- Limestone Cave
- Limestone Pavement
- Lintel Line
- Liquid Medium
- Lithification
- Littoral
- Live Cave
- Long Section
- Loop
- Loop Error
- Lotic
- Macrocavern
- Macroinvertrbrate
- Magnesite
- Magnetic North
- Marble
- Marl
- Mass Movement
- Massive
- Maze Cave
- Meander
- Meander Niche
- Merokarst
- Mesocavern
- Metabolic Rate
- Microcavern
- Microclimate
- Microgour
- Microhabitat
- Microkarst
- Moonmilk
- Morphology
- Mottling
- Mud Pendulite
- Naked Karst
- Natural Arch
- Natural Bridge
- Necrophage
- Network
- Niche
- Nife Cell
- Northing
- Nothephreatic
- Numbering
- Nymph
- Obligate
- On Belay
- Oolite
- Open Traverse
- Order
- Organic
- Orientation
- Orogen
- Outflow Cave
- Overhang
- Pahoehoe
- Palaeokarst
- Palaeosol
- Paleo Soils
- Parasite
- Parietal Association
- Passage
- Pendant
- Pendulite
- Percolation Water
- Permeability
- Phreas
- Phreatic Water
- Phreatic Zone
- Phreatobia
- Phylogenetic
- Phylum
- Phytokarst
- Pillar
- Pinnacle Karst
- Pipe
- Pit
- Pitch
- Piton
- Plan
- Plunge Pool
- Polje
- Polygonal Karst
- Pool Deposit
- Population
- Porosity
- Pot
- Pothole
- Predator
- Prismatic Compass
- Projected Section
- Prusik Knot
- Prusik Sling
- Prusiking
- Pseudokarst
- Puddings
- Pupa
- Quaternary
- Radon
- Raft
- Rappel
- Rappel Rack
- Rebelay
- Recharge
- Regression
- Regressive Evolution
- Relative Humidity
- Relict
- Relict Karst
- Resurgence
- Rhizomorph
- Rhodamine
- Rift
- Rigging
- Rill
- Rillenkarren
- Rimstone
- Rimstone Dam
- Rimstone Pool
- Riparian
- Rising
- Rock
- Rock Pendant
- Rock Shelter
- Rockhole
- Rockmilk
- Rockpile
- Roof Crust
- Roof Sniffing
- Room
- Rope Protector
- Ropy Lava
- Rundkarren
- Safety Line
- Salt Weathering
- Sandstone Cave
- Saprophage
- Saturated
- Saturated Zone
- Scale
- Scaling Chip
- Scaling Pole
- Scallop
- Scat
- Scavenger
- Scoria
- Scroggin
- Sea Cave
- Section
- Sediment
- Seepage Water
- Selenite
- Shaft
- Shawl
- Shield
- Show Cave
- Single Rope Technique
- Sink
- Sinkhole
- Sinter
- Siphon
- Sling
- Soil Cone
- Solifluction
- Solution
- Solution Doline
- Solution Flute
- Solution Pan
- Solution Pipe
- Solution Runnel
- Solution Tube
- Spatter
- Species
- Speleogen
- Speleologist
- Speleology
- Speleothem
- Splash Cup
- Spongework
- Spring
- Squeeze
- Srt
- Stalactite
- Stalagmite
- Stance
- Station
- Steephead
- Stegamite
- Stooping
- Strandline
- Straw
- Streamsink
- Strike
- Stromatolite
- Stygobiont
- Stygobite
- Stygofauna
- Stygophile
- Stygoxene
- Stylolite
- Subjacent Karst
- Subsidence Doline
- Subterranean
- Sump
- Supersaturated
- Survey
- Suspended Sediment
- Suunto Clinometer
- Suunto Compass
- Swale
- Swallet
- Swirlhole
- Syngenetic Karst
- Tafoni
- Tagging
- Talweg
- Tape
- Taxon
- Tectonic
- Terra Rossa
- Terrestrial
- Terrigenous
- Tertiary
- Theodolite
- Thread
- Threshold
- Through Cave
- Tidemark
- Topofil
- Tower Karst
- Trace
- Tracer
- Transgression
- Transition Zone
- Transpiration
- Traverse
- Travertine
- Tree Root
- Tri-cam
- Trog
- Trog Up
- Troglobite
- Troglodyte
- Troglomorphic Adaption
- Troglomorphies
- Troglophile
- Trogloxene
- True North
- Tube
- Tufa
- Tuff
- Tumulus
- Tunnel
- Turbidity
- Twilight Zone
- Unconformity
- Unsaturated Zone
- Uvala
- Vadose Flow
- Vadose Seepage
- Vadose Water
- Vadose Zone
- Vauclusian Spring
- Venom
- Vermiculation
- Vertical Angle
- Vug
- Walking
- Water Sink
- Water Tracing
- Water Trap
- Watertable
- Well
- Wet Cave
- Wet Suit
- Whaletail
- Whistle Signals
- Window
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