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Deep Lake is a natural sinkhole in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. This 90-foot-deep naturally occurring sinkhole lake is the deepest lake south of Lake Okeechobee, and one of the deepest in the entire state. It is the namesake of the community built around it, Deep Lake, Florida.
Devil's Millhopper is unique in Florida in terms of its scale; over 100 feet (30 m) of rock layers are exposed. [2] The cutaway, limestone sides of the sinkhole provide an easily visible geological record of the area. Twelve springs, some more visible than others, feed the pond at the bottom of the sinkhole. In the summer, the bottom of the ...
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.
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Three counties in Florida's Tampa area make up a region sometimes called "sinkhole alley" because of the over 20,000 sinkholes there, almost 75% of the sinkholes in the whole state, according to ...
The map above shows areas of the U.S. with bedrock types that are prone to sinkholes. It's not just Florida that needs to worry about them. Think sinkholes like the one that opened up under a ...
Deep Lake is an uninhabited unincorporated area in Collier County, Florida, United States. [1] It is located between Immokalee and Everglades City along State Route 29 . The area is named after Deep Lake , a 90 ft (27 m) deep naturally occurring sinkhole, which is the deepest lake south of Lake Okeechobee .
In Florida and Tennessee -- the most active states for sinkholes -- insurers are required to offer sinkhole coverage with home policies, reports the Christian Science Monitor. But although ...