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Image of the entire surface water flow of the Alapaha River near Jennings, Florida going into a sinkhole leading to the Upper Floridan aquifer. Sinkholes are common where the rock below the land surface is limestone, carbonate rock, salt beds, or rocks that can naturally be dissolved by groundwater circulating through them.
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 ...
Following another population boom after World War II, and the creation of the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project, the Everglades was divided into sections separated by canals and water control devices that delivered water to agricultural and newly developed urban areas.
The text of the language of the bill is: CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA "The project for Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, as amended, is hereby modified and expanded to include the first phase of the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in central and southern Florida as recommended by the ...
This latest sinkhole is now 120 ft wide and nearly 30 ft deep. WTSP reports police are on standby to evacuate more homes as the earth continues to fall away. "Very scary, out of nowhere the earth ...
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 ...
The sinkhole was about 65 feet wide and and 75 feet deep. Crews have now filled the hole with dirt and plan on monitoring it to see if it grows any more. WJXT notes sinkholes have become a regular ...
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.