The Zoloushka Cave, with passages >90 km long and a volume of ~0.65 million m3, is among the largest gypsum caves in the world. The cave was opened in the course of gypsum excavation in a quarry in the village of Criva (Moldova) located just near the border with Ukraine. During the quarry exploitation, with the accompanying pumping of water, the groundwater table was lowered to the bottom part of the gypsum layer. As a result of the pumping, the karst aquifer within the cave labyrinth was fragmented into separate underground reservoirs controlled by the morphology of the karst system and its content of clay deposits. Currently, there are several dozen lakes in the cave with a varied hydrodynamic regime (relict lakes, lakes with direct and indirect hydraulic connection with the aquifer). Research was carried out in February 2020 to determine the degree of, and reasons for, the hydrogeochemical diversity of 10 selected lakes of various hydrodynamic types present in the cave. The degree of variability of the hydrogeochemical parameters of these lakes was found to depend on a number of factors, mainly: the hydrodynamic type of the cave lake resulting from the degree of its hydraulic connection with the aquifer; the geochemical environment of the lake; and anthropogenic influence. The autonomizing role of these factors is the modification (within individual lakes) of the hydrogeochemical context of the transit waters flowing through the cave system to the quarry.

Zoloushka 洞穴的通道长度超过 90 公里，体积约 65 万立方米，是世界上最大的石膏洞穴之一。该洞穴是在靠近乌克兰边境的克里瓦村（摩尔多瓦）的一个采石场中挖掘石膏的过程中打开的。在采石场开采过程中，伴随着抽水，地下水位下降到石膏层底部。由于抽水，洞穴迷宫内的岩溶含水层被破碎成独立的地下储层，这些储层由岩溶系统的形态及其粘土沉积物的含量控制。目前，洞内有几十个水动力状况各异的湖泊（残存湖泊、与含水层有直接和间接水力联系的湖泊）。研究于 2020 年 2 月进行，以确定洞穴中存在的 10 个选定的各种水动力类型湖泊的水文地球化学多样性的程度和原因。发现这些湖泊的水文地球化学参数的变异程度取决于许多因素，主要是：洞穴湖与含水层的水力联系程度导致的水动力类型；湖泊的地球化学环境；和人为影响。这些因素的自治作用是改变（在个别湖泊内）流经洞穴系统到采石场的过境水的水文地球化学背景。发现这些湖泊的水文地球化学参数的变异程度取决于许多因素，主要是：洞穴湖与含水层的水力联系程度导致的水动力类型；湖泊的地球化学环境；和人为影响。这些因素的自治作用是改变（在个别湖泊内）流经洞穴系统到采石场的过境水的水文地球化学背景。发现这些湖泊的水文地球化学参数的变异程度取决于许多因素，主要是：洞穴湖与含水层的水力联系程度导致的水动力类型；湖泊的地球化学环境；和人为影响。这些因素的自治作用是改变（在个别湖泊内）流经洞穴系统到采石场的过境水的水文地球化学背景。