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The ground above Lapa dos Brejões (Sentinel-2)

Brazil Brazil Cave

Lapa dos Brejões

7.8 km of galleries.

Underground river

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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

The descent

The entrance, at 502 m.

The real relief above Lapa dos Brejões, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance697 m1.0 kmvertical × 10.9depth not publishedEntrance697 m1.0 kmvertical × 23.5

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

7.8km

Galleries

surveyed length (Wikidata)

502m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

26°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

157m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

26 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 26 °C here, in January and in August. In October the afternoon reaches 35 °C at the entrance, 9 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The best months to escape the heat are all year round. The wettest months are from November to March: water rises fast underground, so never go in without a guide after heavy rain.

outside, at the entrance (502 m)inside
  1. 33°20°Jan
  2. 32°20°Feb
  3. 33°21°Mar
  4. 32°20°Apr
  5. 31°19°May
  6. 30°18°Jun
  7. 30°17°Jul
  8. 31°17°Aug
  9. 33°18°Sep
  10. 35°20°Oct
  11. 34°20°Nov
  12. 34°20°Dec
Inside: 26 °C all yearEscape the heat: Jan–DecWettest: Nov–Mar

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Lapa dos Brejões is a cave in Brazil. It has 7.8 km of surveyed galleries. The entrance is at 502 m. It has an underground river.

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Getting there.

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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The water

The Rio Jacaré runs highest from January to April.

The Rio Jacaré carries about 13 m³/s on average here. It runs highest from January to April. It is lowest from June to October.

  1. 30 m³/sJan
  2. 32 m³/sFeb
  3. 33 m³/sMar
  4. 27 m³/sApr
  5. 16 m³/sMay
  6. 7.6 m³/sJun
  7. 2.6 m³/sJul
  8. 2.2 m³/sAug
  9. 2.0 m³/sSep
  10. 4.0 m³/sOct
  11. 12 m³/sNov
  12. 20 m³/sDec

From about 2.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 33 m³/s in the highest. Its basin above this point covers 8,247 km².

Estimate: long-term flow from the HydroATLAS model (WaterGAP, 1971–2000) shaped by the monthly rain, snow and temperature of the area (NASA POWER). Dams change it. Not a forecast.

From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Lapa dos Brejões (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 3other cave entrances within 3 kmGruta dos Brejões, Saída I Gruta dos Brejões, Saída II Gruta dos Brejões
  • 1car parks within 2 km
  • springs within 2 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • viewpoints within 3 km
  • marked hiking routes within 3 km
  • climbing crags within 3 km
  • named waterfalls within 4 km
  • information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • bus stops within 2 km
  • campsites within 8 km
  • hotels and guesthouses within 8 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon333233323130303133353434
Afternoon333233323130303133353434
Night202021201918171718202020
Rain (mm)1008286631814121012347278
Rainy days1112128443224910
Sun hours/day8.27.77.87.87.68.18.69.69.99.48.48.3
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan3333201008.2
Feb323220827.7
Mar333321867.8
Apr323220637.8
May313119187.6
Jun303018148.1
Jul303017128.6
Aug313117109.6
Sep333318129.9
Oct353520349.4
Nov343420728.4
Dec343420788.3

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (502 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020131%42%115%134%108%117%164%109%152%247%256%2%
202122%108%15%150%71%100%151%141%15%224%210%306%
202272%71%65%100%108%98%237%191%128%21%275%189%
202341%22%67%45%257%152%162%273%95%3%30%62%
2024159%127%52%139%86%160%81%137%22%71%59%6%
2025115%15%11%27%105%823%54%63%42%41%184%78%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Lapa dos Brejões

Brazil

  • —Depth
  • 7.8 kmGalleries
  • 502 mEntrance altitude
  • 26 °CInside, all year

Toca da Boa Vista

Brazil · 113 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 553 mEntrance altitude
  • 26 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Gruta Canabrava

Brazil · 152 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 678 mEntrance altitude
  • 24 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Poço Encantado

Brazil · 218 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 394 mEntrance altitude
  • 25 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q6488074) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
River flow and basinHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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