Look at Figure 9.10b. According to this map, is there a cave near where you live? Why or w...

Look at Figure 9.10b. According to this map, is there a cave near where you live? Why or why not?

Figure 9.10 Cave features and locations. a. At Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, the features hanging down from the ceiling are stalactites. Pillarlike features on the cave floor are stalagmites. The stalactites form from precipitation of minerals as limestone-rich water drips from the ceiling; the stalagmites form as the same water droplets fall to the cave floor and precipitate limestone. If stalactites and stalagmites meet, they form a column. b. Map of rocks containing caves in the United States. Most caves are found in limestone, many of them in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.