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The Green Banana Hole is a blue hole 80 km (50 mi) off the United States western seaboard southwest of Sarasota, Florida. The rim is approximately 47 m (154 ft) below the surface and the hole extends downward approximately 130 m (427 ft). Blue holes in this area are thought to have formed as sinkholes on land 8,000 to 12,000 years ago. Due to ...
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The Page–Ladson archaeological and paleontological site is a deep sinkhole in the bed of the karstic Aucilla River (between Jefferson and Taylor counties in the Big Bend region of Florida) that has stratified deposits of late Pleistocene and early Holocene animal bones and human artifacts.
The emergent portion of the platform was created during the Eocene to Oligocene as the Gulf Trough filled with silts, clays, and sands. Flora and fauna began appearing during the Miocene. No land animals were present in Florida prior to the Miocene. The largest deposits of rock phosphate in the United States are found in Florida. [1]
The Cody Scarp and the Gulf Coastal Lowlands are karst landscapes, with many sinkholes, springs, underground streams, and related features. [ 1 ] The scarp, at 42.6 to 45.7 meters (140 to 150 feet) above sea level , is most prominent in Leon County, Florida where it runs east to west.
Millions of people along the U.S. Gulf Coast from around New Orleans to the Florida Peninsula are facing a widespread rain event this week which stems from both a powerful storm system bringing ...
Pages in category "Sinkholes of Florida" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amberjack Hole; D.
The shelf extends up to 200 miles off the state’s west coast and runs from the panhandle to the Florida Keys. The ocean here is less than 100 meters (330 feet) deep. Read More: Idalia ...