Figure 2. (rollover).  Labeled Goggle Earth image of the Mammoth Caves National Park.  The park is located on the Chester Plateau held up by the Clifty Sandstone.  Caverns are developed in the underlying limestone formations (fig 1).   The northward-retreating margin of the Chester Plateau Cuesta is delineated by the Dripping Springs Escarpment. The Green River, which controls the local base level, runs through the park.  <return>