What causes sinkholes? Most of the time they are created by rock underground being eroded by water.
Let’s take a look at some interesting sinkholes
The Great blue hole is a sinkhole is located off the coast of Belize and is a beast. It is 300 meters wide and over a 100 meters deep
The Guatemalan Sinkhole is found in the city is 60 feet wide and 300 feet deep. It opened up without warning
This sinkhole in Texas is almost 415 feet deep. Thousand-year-old artifacts have been found in this sinkhole.
The Bimmah sinkhole this sinkhole found in Oman was thought to be formed by a meteorite, but in fact, was caused by erosion. Local authorities eventuality turned the sinkhole into a recreational park where you can swim
The Sarisarinama sinkholes in Venezuela are a mysterious and beautiful natural wonder. There are several of these perfectly round basins that are each 350m in diameter and over 350m deep.
Picher Oklahoma was shut down for several reasons with one reason being sinkholes
A 2006 Army Corps of Engineers study showed 86% of Picher's buildings (including the town school) were badly undermined and subject to collapse at any time.
Pictures of sinkholes
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