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Geo answer

December 15, 2008
Arts, Culture & Media

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Croatia. The country is known for its many deep caves, including one called Velebita that has the steepest vertical underground drop of any known cave in the world. The World's David Leveille profiles two members of the Croatian Mountaineering and Caving Club who helped discover it.

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