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AMAZING SINKHOLES

Added on: 9th May 2015

 

DEAD SEA HOLES

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Several large sink holes have been appearing near Ein Gedi, Israel.

The phenomenon stems from a dire water shortage, compounded in

recent years by tourism and chemical industries as well as a growing

population. There are over 3,000 open sinkholes along the coast

and likely just as many that haven’t burst open yet.

 

 

DAISETTA, TEXAS

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What started out as a small 20-foot sinkhole in a residential neighbourhood

in Daisetta, Texas spread to over 900ft. with a depth of 260ft. within a

day and consumed everything in its path. This former oil town sits on

the Hull Salt Dome which is a four-mile-in-diameter geologic formation

of compacted salt. Consequently, geologists speculate that years of

storing saltwater waste, a by-product of oil production,

caused the massive pit.

 

 

RED LAKE, CROATIA

This is a sinkhole containing a karst lake near the city of ImotskiCroatia.

It is known for its numerous caves and remarkably high cliffs,

reaching over 241 metres above normal water level and continuing

below the water level. The total explored depth of this sinkhole is

approximately 530 metres with a volume of roughly 25–30 million cubic

metres, thus it is the third largest sinkhole in the world. Water drains

out of the basin through underground waterways that descend

below the level of the lake floor.

 

 

XIAOZHAI, TIANKENG

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Also known as the Heavenly Pit, this double-nested sinkhole has

662m deep vertical walls. Located in the Chongqing District, this

sinkhole is arguably the ‘world’s largest sinkhole’ at 626m long,

537m wide and between 511 to 662m deep. It is a double-nested

structure with an upper bowl of 320m deep, while its lower bowl is

342m deep, and both of them are on average 257 to 268m across.

It’s said that the sinkhole formed over the last 128,000 years.

 

 

DEAN’S BLUE HOLE

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Located in Long Island, Bahamas Dean’s Blue Hole is the deepest known

sinkhole under the sea at the depth of 203 metres. This is a popular

location for the world’s championship of free diving and it’s the

location where William Trubridge broke a free diving record reaching

a depth of 92 metres (302ft.).

 

 

HARWOOD HOLE

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Located in Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand, Harwood Hole

is one of several important cave systems in Takaka Hill, between the

Tasman Bay and the Golden Bay. From the surface is a 50m round

sinkhole entrance that descends into 183m. For adventurers, the long

rope descent is considered to be one of the most spectacular caving

experiences at Hardwood’s, which has an overall depth of 357m.

 

 

SIMA HUMBOLDT

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The largest sinkhole in sandstone, Sima Humboldt is located on the

summit of the plateau in Bolivar State, Venezuela. At 314m deep with

vertical walls it is a very unusual sink hole for several reasons:

Its location is on top of the only forested tepui; it’s enormous in size

and depth; and it has a patch of forest on its base due to the

weathering process that formed the sinkhole.

 

 

GREAT BLUE HOLE

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Part of the larger Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, which was

declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO; the Great Blue Hole is a

spectacular sinkhole at 124m deep with stilted stalactites as its most

unusual feature. The largest submarine sinkhole off the coast of

Belize, it lies in the centre of Lighthouse Reef. It is circular in shape,

over 300m across and 124m deep and was formed during several

episodes of Quaternary glaciations when sea levels were much lower.

 


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