richardg said:it might appear to be an odd thing but quite often when a caving region is experiencing low water level over an extended period ..... a downpour of rain would seem to have little or no effect.
A heavy downpour may run off dry ground and raise levels only temporally as it passes over ground and through the caves.
It would seem that the ground that constitutes the catchment areas of such caves acts as the reservoir that feeds the cave and this can only be replenished over time...
and it is often observable .....that low water levels often remain the same both before, and not long after an isolated downpour......
bograt said:Not going to add anything to Richards statement - far too profound for me-
All I can add is that the main streamway in Middleton Dale has not been found yet--
2xw said:bograt said:Not going to add anything to Richards statement - far too profound for me-
All I can add is that the main streamway in Middleton Dale has not been found yet--
It's at the end of layby shelter.
richardg said:Is the Big Dig- Merlin's -Nicker Grove stream ways the downstream end of the Stoney Middleton Stream way? or are they just a feeder to a more major stream way?