This is a limited glossary intended to be used for unfamiliar terms found on the Bat Conservation and Management website. For a much more thorough glossary of cave terms, see the Australian Cave Federation Glossary. Aquatards usually prevent water traveling vertically but allow water to move horizontally great distances underground.
Locals generally blame bats for holding up land development.
Bats are suddenly tolerated by cavers if the cave is threatened to be quarried away. A natural topographic feature which allows a person to travel a minimum of twenty feet underground. Exceptions may be made for sites less than twenty feet when they are biologically, hydrologically, historically or otherwise significant. A natural topographic feature which allows a person to travel a minimum of fifty feet underground. Exceptions may be made for sites less than fifty feet when they are biologically or otherwise significant.