List of caves in Brazil

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This is the List of caves in Brasil with links displayed alphabetically.

Caves in Brazil

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style="width:16%;"| Name

! style="width:12%;"| Municipality

! style="width:5%;"| State

! style="width:6%;"| Depth (m)

! style="width:6%;"| Length (m)

! style="width:12%;"| Geology

! style="width:43%;" class="unsortable"| Notes

Abismo Guy Collet

| Barcelos

| AM

| align = center | 671

| align = center | -

| align = center | Quartzite

| Deepest abyss in South America

Buraco das Araras - GO

|

| GO

| align = center | 105

| align = center | -

| align = center | Quartzite

|

Buraco das Araras - MS

|

| MS

| align = center | 127

| align = center | 500

| align = center | Arenite

|

Caverna de Santana

|

| SP

| align = center | 61

| align = center | 7200

| align = center | Limestone

| Longest cave in the state of São Paulo

Caverna dos Ecos

|

| GO

| align = center | 150

| align = center | 1725

| align = center | Quartzite

| A mica schist cave

Conjunto Santa Rita

| Iraquara

| BA

| align = center | -

| align = center | 17050

| align = center | Limestone

| A complex of limestone caves

Poço Encantado

| Itaetê

| BA

| align = center | 60

| align = center | -

| align = center | -

| Close to Chapada Diamantina National Park with a magical visual effect when sun rays fall into the water.

Poço Azul

| Itaetê

| BA

| align = center | -

| align = center | -

| align = center | -

| Close to Chapada Diamantina National Park

Lapa Doce

| Iraquara

| BA

| align = center | -

| align = center | -

| align = center | -

| North of Chapada Diamantina National Park

Conjunto São Mateus

| São Domingos

| GO

| align = center | -

| align = center | 20500

| align = center | Limestone

| A complex of limestone caves

Gruta da Cabana

| Iporanga

| SP

| align = center | 74

| align = center | 4185

| align = center | Limestone

| Located inside the Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park (PETAR)

Gruta Canabrava

| Santana

| BA

| align = center | -

| align = center | 5500

| align = center | Limestone

| A calcareous cave in the dry caatinga region

Caverna da Tapagem

|

| SP

| align = center | 150

| align = center | 6237

| align = center | Limestone

| Also called Caverna do Diabo (Devil's Cave, Hurdle's Cave). The most visited cave in the state of São Paulo.

Areado Grande

| Iporanga

| SP

| align = center | -

| align = center | -

| align = center | Limestone

| A group of caves located inside the Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park (PETAR)

Gruta do Centenário

|

| MG

| align = center | 481

| align = center | 4700

| align = center | Quartzite

| The second deepest abyss in Brazil located in the state of Minas Gerais.

Gruta do Janelão

| Januária

MG

| align = center | 176

| align = center | 4747

| align = center | Limestone

|

Gruta do Padre

| Santana

| BA

| align = center | 125

| align = center | 16400

| align = center | Limestone

| The third longest cave in Brazil

Gruta de Maquiné

| Lagoa Santa

| MG

| align = center | 18

| align = center | 650

| align = center | Limestone

| Considered the birthplace of Brazilian paleontology

Gruta Olhos d'Água

|

| MG

| align = center | -

| align = center | 9100

| align = center | Limestone

| The longest cave in the state of Minas Gerais

Gruta Rei do Mato

| Sete Lagoas

| MG

| align = center | 30

| align = center | 998

| align = center | Limestone

| Has infrastructure for tourism in its first 220 metres

Gruta de Ubajara

|

| CE

| align = center | -

| align = center | 1120

| align = center | Limestone

| Considered one of the most beautiful caves in Brazil. With tourism infrastructure

Gruta das Areias

| Iporanga

| SP

| align = center | -

| align = center | 5565

| align = center | Limestone

| A complex of caverns

Lapa da Mangabeira

|

| BA

| align = center | 40

| align = center | 3230

| align = center | Limestone

| The cave's first gallery is used as a catholic church

Lapa do Convento

| Campo Formoso

| BA

| align = center | -

| align = center | 9300

| align = center | Limestone

|

Lapa do Salitre

| Campo Formoso

| BA

| align = center | -

| align = center | 5670

| align = center | Limestone

|

Abismo Ouro Grosso

| Iporanga

SP

| align = center | 192

| align = center | 110

| align = center | Limestone

| One of the most dangerous to explore in Brazil

Lapa Terra Ronca

|

| GO

| align = center | -

| align = center | 7500

| align = center | Limestone

| Part of one of the most important cave systems in Latin America.

Lapa dos Brejões

| Chapada Diamantina

| BA

| align = center | -

| align = center | 7750

| align = center | Limestone

|

Gruta Casa de Pedra

|

| SP

| align = center | 292

| align = center | 2930

| align = center | Limestone

| Has the biggest cave entrance in the world at 292 metres

Gruta da Morena

|

| MG

| align = center | -

| align = center | 4620

| align = center | Limestone

| It is one of the most beautiful caves in the state of Minas Gerais

Caverna Aroe Jari

|

| MT

| align = center | -

| align = center | 1550

| align = center | Arenite

| The longest arenite cave in Brazil

Toca da Barriguda

|

| BA

| align = center | 61

| align = center | 35000{{cite web|language=pt|url=http://cnc.cavernas.org.br/|title=As maiores cavernas do Brasil|author=Sociedade Brasileira de Espeleologia|access-date=2018-12-08}}.

| align = center | Limestone

| Second longest cave in Brazil

Toca da Boa Vista

|

| BA

| align = center | -

| align = center | 114000

| align = center | Limestone

| Longest cave in the southern hemisphere

Gruta da Torrinha

| Iraquara

| BA

| align = center | -

| align = center | 8300

| align = center | Limestone

| Considered the most beautiful cave in the State of Bahia

References

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