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Legend 
Roots 
Guano 
“■ Popcorn 
® Shields and Welts 
O Rimstone 
^ Flowstone 
» Stalagmites 
T Stalactites 
" Soda Straws 
<3s Rocks 
Drop off 
Ledge 
tt Too Tight 
[v]Sand Floor 
Clough Cave 
Sequoia National Park 
Tulare County, California 
Surveyed June 24,1998 by 
Greg Cotterman 
Joel Despain 
Shane Fryer 
Pat Lineback 
Greg Stock 
Nathan Warmerdam 
Map by Joel Despain 
©2016 
Map used with permission of the cartographer 
Plan View 
Cave Length 
743 feet or 277 meters 
Cave Depth 
44 feet or 13 meters 
Figure 114. Clough Cave map. 
This region has a mediterranean climate marked by extreme seasonality in temperature and 
humidity, with low temperatures (< 0°C) and high precipitation (700 mm) in winter (November- 
April) and seasonal drought and high temperatures (> 40°C) in summer (Tobin et al. 2013). 
Clough Cave has 58 species, including 11 troglobites with 3 single-site endemics, and the top 
Bj score, which is a composite of SR, T, and SE. It is ranked second using the B 2 score, which 
incorporates SR, T, and SST. Either way, it is a very important cave for biodiversity. Clough Cave 
