Editing Cave (section)

==Geographic distribution==
[[Image:Domica Cave 22.jpg|thumb|[[Domica|Domica Cave]] in [[Slovak Karst]] ([[Slovakia]])]]
[[Image:Torhola cave entrance Aug2008.jpg|thumb|An entrance of the Torhola Cave in [[Lohja]] ([[Finland]])]]
[[File:Genga04.jpg|thumb|[[Frasassi Caves]], [[Italy]]]]

Caves are found throughout the world, although the distribution of documented cave system is heavily skewed towards those countries where caving has been popular for many years (such as France, Italy, Australia, the UK, the United States, etc.). As a result, explored caves are found widely in Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania, but are sparse in South America, Africa, and Antarctica.

This is a rough generalization, as large expanses of North America and Asia contain no documented caves, whereas areas such as the [[Madagascar dry deciduous forests]] and parts of [[Brazil]] contain many documented caves. As the world's expanses of soluble bedrock are researched by cavers, the distribution of documented caves is likely to shift. For example, China, despite containing around half the world's exposed limestone—more than {{convert|1000000|km2}}—has relatively few documented caves.