Rock shelter facts for kids
Rock shelter in the Little Carpathians
A rock shelter is a shallow cave-like opening at the bottom of a cliff. Rock shelters form because a rock stratum that does not erode has formed a cliff. But a weaker stratum, that erodes a lot is under the resistant stratum. As it erodes it creates an opening at the bottom of the cliff.
Images for kids
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The rock shelter for which Indian Cave State Park is named.
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Shepherds' rock shelter in Lahaul, India
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Bawa Yawan rockshelter, sieving of excavated depsits at a Paleolithic site in Iranian Zagros, April 2017
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Rock shelter atStrouds Run State Park
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