Brazil hosts world's largest caving conference.(Brief Article)

Geographical | November 1, 1999| | Copyright

Brazil is to unite 40 countries, including the UK, for the world's largest caving event in July 2001. The event, Speleo Brazil 2001, will combine the 13th International Congress of Speleology, the 4th Speleological Congress of Latin America and the Caribbean and the 26th Brazilian Congress of Speleology.

Brazilian representatives are expected to seek foreign help in studying some of their country's vast and as yet unexplored cave networks. Although Brazil ranks fourth in the world in terms of numbers of discovered caves and their extent, experts believe there are ...

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