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Paraw Cave

The 4th deepest cave in the world

The 66th longest cave in the world

751m · Depth
1.5km · Length

Porow Cave is a limestone cave in the Zagros Mountains, north of Kermanshah in Western Iran. At 751 m deep, it is the deepest cave in Iran. Joujar Cave has been reported as the second deepest, at 568 m deep.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in Iran

  1. Chal Nakhjir Cave61 m deep
  2. Quri Qaleh Cave12 km
  3. Rudafshan Cave1.5 km
  4. Sangshekanan Cave0.4 km
  5. Bisotun Cave0 km

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  1. Mammoth Cave · Australia686 km
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  3. Lechuguilla Cave · United States489 m
  4. Optymistychna Cave · Ukraine20 m
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