Cave?

One of the interesting natural phenomena, since early times attract the attention of people, are caves. Being the underground cavities, which have the earth’s surface , they are obliged by their origin to interaction of natural endogenous and exogenous processes, they are coincide to the regions with the specific geological structure and have wide spreading on all continents of the world.

Caves inaccessible for the solar rays form inside themselves specific, the not having analogs on the earth's surface, geographical landscape, which has not only tourist interest, but also high practical-scientific importance, as it includes in particular different aqueous, water- therapeutic, mineral and other resources. Furthermore cave - this is the cradle of primitive person, who left the tracks of his material culture, in it. Therefore in many countries of world considerable attention is directed the study of caves. Was formed the entire branch of science - speleology, which is located on the joint of geology and geography. With a study of caves research not only individual scientists, but also entire institutes and other scientific associations. Meanwhile the caves of Mongolia are studied still weakly. Not all caves is still uninvestigated, insufficient it is revealed their specific character, geography, resource potential. Therefore the study of the caves of our country has important scientific and practical importance . They require also the protection on the same level with other natural resources and formations.