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Qué (quién) es sinkhole - definición

DEPRESSION OR HOLE IN THE GROUND CAUSED BY SOME FORM OF COLLAPSE
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sinkhole         
¦ noun a cavity in the ground, especially in a limestone formation, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground.
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A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are locally also known as vrtače and shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet.
swallow hole         
¦ noun another term for sinkhole.

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Sinkhole

A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are locally also known as vrtače and shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet. A cenote is a type of sinkhole that exposes groundwater underneath. Sink and stream sink are more general terms for sites that drain surface water, possibly by infiltration into sediment or crumbled rock.

Most sinkholes are caused by karst processes – the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks, collapse or suffosion processes. Sinkholes are usually circular and vary in size from tens to hundreds of meters both in diameter and depth, and vary in form from soil-lined bowls to bedrock-edged chasms. Sinkholes may form gradually or suddenly, and are found worldwide.

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1. Sinkhole Halts Traffic on Minskaya Ulitsa The Moscow Times Michael Eckels / MT Excavators clearing away rubble from a 120–square–meter sinkhole that appeared on Minskaya Ulitsa on Sunday.
2. University Bridge over Portage Bay was closed as a precaution after the sinkhole was reported.
3. A sinkhole could indicate a larger erosion problem in that area, one engineer said.
4. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and flow from a ruptured underground sewage main.
5. An initial investigation indicated that the sinkhole had resulted from local underground flooding.
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