# EspeleoWorld

> The comprehensive cave exploration platform for Catalonia, Spain.

EspeleoWorld is a documentary platform cataloging caves and pits (coves i avencs) across Catalonia. The site provides detailed information on over 2,000 caves including location, depth, length, geology, and exploration history.

## Key Features

- **Cave Database**: 2,000+ caves with depth, length, coordinates, geology, and access information
- **Interactive Maps**: Explore caves on detailed topographic maps with clustering
- **Regional Navigation**: Browse by comarca (region) or municipi (municipality)
- **User Contributions**: Registered users can log explorations and comments
- **Multilingual**: Available in 8 languages (Catalan, Spanish, English, French, German, Russian, Chinese, Arabic)

## Main Sections

- [Homepage](https://espeleoworld.com/): Interactive map and search
- [Cave List](https://espeleoworld.com/c): Complete searchable catalog of all caves
- [Map](https://espeleoworld.com/m): Full-screen interactive exploration map
- [Regions](https://espeleoworld.com/comarca): Browse caves by Catalan comarca
- [Municipalities](https://espeleoworld.com/municipi): Browse caves by municipality

## Content Types

### Cave Details
Each cave page includes:
- Name and alternative names
- Geographic coordinates and altitude
- Depth (desnivell) and length (recorregut)
- Municipality and region (comarca)
- Description, history, geology, biology
- Access information
- Survey maps and photographs
- User explorations and comments

### Regional Pages
- List of caves in each comarca or municipality
- Statistics (deepest cave, longest cave, total count)
- Interactive map of the area

## Data Sources

Cave data is sourced from EspeleoIndex, a collaborative catalog maintained by the Catalan speleological community.

## API

The site provides API endpoints for programmatic access:
- `/api/cave?limit=20&sort=length&order=desc` - List caves with pagination
- `/api/cave/search?q={query}` - Search caves by name
- `/api/cave/{id}` - Get cave details

## Sitemap

- [Sitemap Index](https://espeleoworld.com/sitemap/index.xml)

## Contact

- Website: https://espeleoworld.com
- Twitter: @espeleoworld

## Optional

- [Full Content](https://espeleoworld.com/llms-full.txt): Complete database with top caves, statistics, and region list (dynamically generated)