Abismo Ouro Grosso

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Abismo Ouro Grosso (English: Thick Gold) (SP-054), also Gruta Ouro Grosso, is a 192-metre-deep (630 ft) shaft consisting of waterfalls and natural pools. It was created by the capture of surface rivers by carbonate rocks with subterranean drainage systems in an advanced stage of evolution.[1] First explored by the German naturalist and spelunker Michel Le Bret in the 1970s,[2] it is located at the Nucleo Ouro Grosso, within the borders of the Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park, in the municipality of Iporanga, 350 kilometres (220 mi) from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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  1. ^ Ivo Karmann, Jose Antonio Ferrari. Carste e cavernas do Paruqe Estadual Turistico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), SP (PDF). SIGESP. p. 412.
  2. ^ Perez, Ricardo; Sociedade Brasileira de Espeleologia (3 July 2006). "1 travesia da Gruta Ouro Grosso com metodo de recuperacao de cordas" (PDF). SBE Noticias. 19: 1. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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24°32′41″S 48°40′46″W / 24.5446°S 48.6795°W / -24.5446; -48.6795


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