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Xiaozhai Tiankeng, Chongqing. The Tiankeng formed over the Difeng cave, which in turn had been formed by a powerful underground river which still flows underneath the sinkhole. The underground river starts in the Tianjin fissure gorge and reaches a vertical cliff above the Migong River, forming a 46-metre-high (151-foot) waterfall. The length ...
Shaanxi tiankeng cluster, discovered in 2016, it is one of the largest in the world comprising forty-nine sinkholes and more than fifty funnels ranging from 50–100 metres in diameter. South China Karst, World Heritage Site; Stone Forest; Xiaozhai Tiankeng, also known as the Heavenly Pit, is the world's largest sinkhole. [3]
Among these new sinkholes is one (known as Xiaozhai Tiankeng) that is over 500 metres in diameter. [4] Seventeen are 300–500 metres, and 31 are over 100 metres in diameter and equally deep. Prior to this discovery, only 130 such sinkholes were known in the world, 90 of which are in China. [citation needed]
Fengjie County (simplified Chinese: 奉节 县; traditional Chinese: 奉節 縣; pinyin: Fèngjié Xiàn) is a county of Chongqing Municipality, China.It is on the Yangtze River; located within a couple hundreds kilometers upstream from the Three Gorges Dam, it is within the dam's affected area.
2018 Surabaya City sinkhole – a 30 m (98 ft) wide and 15 m (49 ft) deep sinkhole opened up on Gubeng Road in Surabaya, Indonesia during construction work on December 18, 2018. 2022 Tierra Amarilla sinkhole – a 25 m (80 ft) wide and more than 200 m (700 ft) deep sinkhole appeared in the commune of Tierra Amarilla , Atacama Region of Chile ...
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[1] [2] It is located in the Qing River Basin, adjacent to the world's deepest sinkhole Xiaozhai Tiankeng. The total length of the canyon is about 35 kilometers, and almost all kinds of forms of karst landforms can be found, including cliffs, peak pillars, sinkholes , solutional caves , natural arches , subterranean rivers , hanging valleys ...
The following is a list of disasters in Indonesia that have had widespread effects or received substantial attention. It is split into natural and manmade disasters ...