Aouk Underground River - Keek Tiankeng

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The first expedition to Bird’s Head peninsula (New Guinea) of Acheloos Geo Exploring took place in 2016 under the framework of a project “Call for River” – the available materials promised a find of one of the world’s largest underground rivers here. After the Waykut entrance, Auk underground river flowing in bottom of huge Keek Tiankeng. This pitch is well known to local Mey Mare people. According to their beliefs, the deceased people start their way to the underground here as well, together with the river. The roar of Aouk stream in the underground is the voice of the ancestors. Aouk Underground River has similar size and even exceeds the world’s largest known cave rivers in Khoun Xe Cave (Laos) and Gebihe system (China). https://www.wondermondo.com/aouk-underground-river/ https://issuu.com/speleo.it/docs/speleologia_82_completo_web_2._pdf/18 https://www.scribd.com/document/395347077/Aouk-Underground-River