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sink hole


sink hole
Sink hole, Tuxtla Guttierez, Mexico
Also known as a doline, a well or funnel-shaped hole, typical of karst landscapes, formed when groundwater dissolves an underground cavity in limestone, followed by slump of the surface.


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