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The Xiaozhai Tiankeng has been well known to local people since ancient times. Xiaozhai is the name of an abandoned village nearby and literally means "little village", and "Tiankeng" means Heavenly Pit, a unique regional name for sinkholes in China. A 2,800-step staircase has been constructed in order to facilitate tourism. [2]
Shaanxi tiankeng cluster is a group of 19 karst sinkholes in Shaanxi Province, China. The discovery was made in February 2016 and announced by geologists on November 24, 2016. [1] Located within a 200 km-long karst landform belt in the southwest part of the province near Hanzhong City, the cluster is one of the largest on Earth. [2]
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 close to the Alcaparrosa copper mine on August 1, 2022. The sinkhole continued to grow and stretched 50 m (200 ft) in diameter on August 8. [5]
Videos of the Guangxi sinkholes have gone viral on social media. What is a fun and daring feat for young people is a source of much-needed revenue in a province that was only recently lifted out ...
A gigantic sinkhole in Guangzhou, China, opened up near a subway construction site, swallowing a building complex Wednesday. The sinkhole was about 3,230 square feet wide and 30 feet deep ...
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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.
A fearless BASE jumper decided to take on a massive underwater sinkhole in the Bahamas and created an incredible film that documented his journey. Man dives into underwater sinkhole in stunning ...