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Smoleń
The Wodąca river valley lies in the Kraków- Częstochowa Upland, in the region of Wolbrom and Pilica, to be exact, between the villages of Domaniewice and Smoleń. The largely forested region of fine and varied landscapes is dotted with numerous limestone outcroppings. There is not a permanent watercourse in the valley. This phenomenon is often found in some areas of the Polish Jura and it is associated with limestone bedrock, easily permeable to water. In the valley there are a number of caves. The oldest human traces in Poland were discovered In the local cave of Biśnik.
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Podlesice
Deep cave is located on the Western side of the top of the Congregations called the Manor of Rocky Mountain nature reserve of the assemblies. It is the largest known underground karstic currently form the nature reserve "Congregations." Its length is 190 m, difference in altitude between the extreme points of bare cave-22.4 m. First record of the cave by Kazimierz Kowalski in 1948. He also gave it the name.
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Niegowa
The longest cave yet discovered in the Polish Jura is the Wierna Cave, whose total length of the corridors is more than 1 km. The Wierna Cave is located in Ostrężnik, a small hamlet of the village of Trzebniów, situated within the commune of Niegowa. It was discovered in the early 1990s. Speleologists are delighted with its size and rich cave formations. The Wierna Cave is occasionally accessible to cavers.
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Złoty Potok
The Niedźwiedzia Grota cave is located in the “Parkowe” natural reserve is the most frequently visited cave in the Janów municipality.  
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Siedlec
This cave is shrouded in legends. One of them says that it was founded by the devil who, chasing Mr. Twardowski, sat on the top of the hill and by farting with laughter made a hole in the ground.
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Lipie
The cave “Szachownica” is actually a complex of five caves, which was created as a result of mining limestone from one large cave. The mining activities contributed to the discovery of both the cave, which originally could have been even more than 2 km long, as well as to its devastation. The reserve comprises a system of underground corridors It is located on Krzemienna Góra, which is one of the hills of the Wieluń Upland.
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Szczyrk
Jaskinia Malinowska – the Malinowska Cave, the most popular cave in the Silesian Beskids, is 230 m long and 22.7 m deep. The opening to the cave lies at an altitude of 1080 m above sea level, on the south-eastern slopes of Mount Malinów (1115 m). There is a short approach from the red trail connecting the Samopolska Pass with the top of Malinowska Skała (The Malinowska Rock) in the Barania Góra Range. Attention: In recent times, metal ladders, allowing the descent into the cave, have been partially vandalized.
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Brenna
Jaskinia w Trzech Kopcach (The Cave on the Three Mounds), also called Grota Klimczoka (The Grotto of Klimczok), is one of the landslide, slotted caves. It is located near the top of Trzy Kopce in the Klimczok Massif in the Silesian Beskids. It is the third longest cave in the Beskids. The Grotto of Klimczok, located not far from the yellow tourist trail connecting Klimczok and Blatnia. It was discovered relatively recently, in 1946.
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Ogrodzieniec
The size of the cave opening attests that the local population has known about the cave for a long time.
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Olsztyn
The cave has been formed in the upper Jurassic limestone in the Kielniki quarry, near the Przymiłowice-Kotysów village.
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Olsztyn
A large cave entrance encourage people to penetrate this cave as early as in the Palaeolithic.
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Janów
The cave is located in the “Ostrężnik” nature reserve at the foot of a great pillar of rock, on top of which there are the remnants of a medieval castle.
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