Grottes et karsts de Chine
Sur les traces de Xu Xiake

Ai Dong – Locked Cave (GZ/Qx/12)
Guizhou, Qianxi County, Honglin Town
N 27° 07’ 21.7” E 105° 52’ 47.1”
Altitude: 1456 m a.s.l.
Cave length: 650 m, 680 m (extimated)
Vertical range: -55 m
Exploration: Guizhou 2000
Surveyors: D. Sighel, G. Rossi, G. Berzacola (Oct. 2000)
Cave description:
Ai Dong is the sinkhole of one of the northern allogenic rivers. Because the cave is located on the slop of a valley, part of the water runs out of the sinkhole being sunk downstream in the valley. The cave opening is very wide, it is blocked by a massive artificial wall and the cave still shows the remaining of several buildings on a flat alluvium- clastic terrace. Feature is partially eroded by the creek flowing down to a lower gallery. Ai Dong is a multi-level cave where young small tubes act as hydrological shortcuts connected to a large older gallery. Massive speleothems decorate and sometimes almost fill the cave, which ends in a choke.
(G. Rossi)

Leonardo Latella, Roberto Zorzin : Caves explored during the scientific expeditions to China of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona
Research in South China Karst - Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona - 2. serie - Monografie Naturalistiche 3-2008
Analyse : gkc-JPB
Results of the 13 expeditions organized by the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ofVerona to southern China. One-hundred-twenty-five caves were explored, for a total of more than 60 km inlength. For each cave we list the progressive number, the cadastral number, the type of research conducted and ashort description of the cave. Most of the caves are located in Guizhou Province, in Qianxi County. The hydrogeology,biology, geography and archaeology of the area were investigated during the scientific expeditions. 40 pages, No caves maps, 21 photos.

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