Category:Citatah Cliff
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Citatah Cliff is a row of cliffs located in Citatah, West Bandung regency, West Java, Indonesia. Its exact location is at 5 km Padalarang. With the morphology of hilly area and formed largely of limestone, Citatah looks different from other hills in general.
Citatah was once the subject of discussion in various local and national media, after KRBC (Bandung Basin Research Group) conducted a study on this area. Some of KRBC's phenomenal discoveries were the discovery of an ancient site in the Pawon Cave on December 9, 2000. For the first time, tools made of stones and bones, earthenware, bone remnants, and animal teeth was discovered in Pawon Cave located at Pasir Pawon, which still in the area of Citatah karst.
Citatah is a very productive limestone mining area. This mining has been operated since the mid-19th century and still continues until now. By using more sophisticated tools and dynamite to blow up parts of the hills containing limestone, mining activity in this area has bring adverse impact on Citatah environment.
Generally, there are three cliffs in Citatah which are Citatah 48 cliff, Citatah 90 cliff and Citatah 125 cliff. The name itself is a representative of their height.[1]
Media in category "Citatah Cliff"
The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total.
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Center of Climbing Activity.jpg 4,000 × 6,000; 5.99 MB
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Citatah 125 Meters Above Sea Level.jpg 4,000 × 6,000; 7.61 MB
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Citatah Cliff 125 Meters.jpg 4,000 × 6,000; 7.18 MB
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Citatah Cliff from Mount Hawu.jpg 4,000 × 6,000; 6.64 MB
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Citatah Cliff Sumit.jpg 3,803 × 5,704; 4.66 MB
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Extreme Activity Center.jpg 4,000 × 6,000; 7.42 MB
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Pemanjat Tebing Wanita Citatah 125.jpg 4,000 × 6,000; 13.96 MB