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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]
Notable karst phenomena, including the Xiaozhai Tiankeng sinkhole are located within the county. It is the place where Still Life was shot, a film by Jia Zhangke that won the 2006 Venice Film Festival (Golden Lion). [4]
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]
Enshi Grand Canyon in September 2016. Enshi Grand Canyon (Chinese: 恩施 大峡谷) is a natural scenic spot in Enshi, Hubei, China. [1] [2] It is located in the Qing River Basin, adjacent to the world's deepest sinkhole Xiaozhai Tiankeng.
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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The Red Lake sinkhole in Croatia. 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 also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet.