Price: It is located northeast of village Oreshec, Dimovo Municipality , Vidin district in the area Bashovitsa . Distance to the village Oreshets is about 2 km and 50 km to Vidin . The altitude of the cave is 300 meters away. Starting point and parking places can be just about quarry road Oreshets - Granitovo . From there on a marked trail climb about 10 minutes to the entrance of the cave. It is large, clear and can not be overlooked . Bashovichki Pech is a water cave with a length of about 3300 m completely mapped are 1290 m from the studied its length. The cave is among the longest in the country. Through it runs underground river at a rate of about 8 l / sec. And she is a periodic source with a maximum flow rate in the range of up to 3000 l / sec. Famous cave fauna stigobiontat and troglobiont wood louse . It is periodically habitat for bats. On judgments by sight of the cave in which permeated so far, with a total length of about 3,400 meters , it is possible to detect and parts unknown so far . So Bashovishki twist now would be the second longest in northwestern Bulgaria ( shortly after the system Ponora near the village UGS ) and the 15 longest caves in Bulgaria .
Everyone decided to visit the cave must take into account the fact that the water temperature is 11 degrees year-round , the humidity is 99 % and the depth of the seats up to two meters . In the narrow part of the cave is artificially made dam in the last century , it was believed that from there passes Skomlya river .
It has been shown that the water is safe to drink .
An interesting fact is that years ago in the narrow part of the cave were found many fossils of cave animals , the biggest jaw is about 30 cm long believed to be the fossil is older than 14,000 years and it is a bear.
When visiting Bashovishki Pec awaits unparalleled beauty of sinter lakes and various shapes . The cave is formed in the array glama sorry for yourself and fall within the concession area of the field " Oreshets " where the concessionaire will yield limestone for 25 years , making it the danger of extinction. In preparing those required for the concession documents authorities have failed to take into account the existence of the cave. Exclusive alarming fact that under the draft business career in 2014, mining activities will reach 300 horizon (elevation 300 ) - the level of which is developing the cave in which it will be completely destroyed with all the ensuing consequences.
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