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Definition of sinkhole in English: sinkholenounˈsɪŋkhəʊlˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl A cavity in the ground, especially in a limestone formation, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground. Example sentencesExamples - Karst is an area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns.
- This is the process by which rainwater erodes limestone cliffs and creates limestone caves and sinkholes.
- The trip passes by waterfalls, forests, canyons, valleys, sinkholes and caves.
- The wells at Chichén Itzá are actually large limestone sinkholes - known in Spanish as cenotes (underground pools) - and they are one of the singular aspects of the site.
- The enclosed depressions are complex forms of dolines or sinkholes, which act as centripetal drainage basins.
Synonyms hollow, indentation, dent, dint, cavity, concavity, dip, pit, hole, pothole, sink, excavation, trough, crater
Definition of sinkhole in US English: sinkholenounˈsɪŋkˌhoʊlˈsiNGkˌhōl A cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground. Example sentencesExamples - Karst is an area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns.
- This is the process by which rainwater erodes limestone cliffs and creates limestone caves and sinkholes.
- The trip passes by waterfalls, forests, canyons, valleys, sinkholes and caves.
- The wells at Chichén Itzá are actually large limestone sinkholes - known in Spanish as cenotes (underground pools) - and they are one of the singular aspects of the site.
- The enclosed depressions are complex forms of dolines or sinkholes, which act as centripetal drainage basins.
Synonyms hollow, indentation, dent, dint, cavity, concavity, dip, pit, hole, pothole, sink, excavation, trough, crater
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