Subterranea (geography)
Subterranea are underground structures, both natural and human-made.
Some subterranea and related topics include:
Natural
- Caves
- * Cenote
- * Ice cave
- * Sea cave
- * Sinkhole
- Karst
- Lava tube
- * Lunar and Martian lava tubes
- Subterranean river
- Subterranean waterfall
- Underground lake
- Volcanic pipe
Human-made or human-related by common function
The following is a list of examples of structures which are or can be underground.- Civil defense
- * Air raid shelter
- * Blast shelter
- * Fallout shelter
- * Storm cellar
- Cultural heritage
- * Catacombs
- * Dungeon
- * Erdstall
- * Fogou
- * Hypogeum
- * Passage grave
- * Rock-cut architecture
- ** Rock-cut tomb
- Disposal of corpses or religion:
- * Burial vault
- * Crypt
- Living
- * Basement
- * Cave dwelling
- * Dugout
- * Earth shelter
- * Underground city
- Maintenance
- * Manhole
- * Utility vault
- Extractive activities
- * Mine
- * Quarry
- Military
- * Bunker
- * Casemate
- * Foxhole
- * Missile launch facility
- * Spiderhole
- * Underground base
- * Underground hangar
- Storage
- * Bank vault
- * Root cellar
- * Wine cave
- Transport
- * Tunnel
- ** Smuggling tunnel
- * Secret passage
- * Underground rapid transit system
- Water supply, wastewater or drainage
- * Dry well
- * Stepwell
- * Sewerage
- * Well
- Other or multiple functions
- * Borehole
- * Ventilation shaft