They can topple, but not usually, because stalagmites grow up from the, or a, floor. If the floor moves - perhaps because it was a boulder or a mud-bank rather than bed-rock, and it slumps - then so will the stalagmite.
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I wonder if you meant stalactites. They can drop from the ceiling by their own weight, but that's very rare. Some of the fallen stalactites you find may have been dislodged by a minor earthquake at some time in the cave's geological history; or more recently by basting shock if the host hillside is being quarried. Others, in active stream caves, have been broken off by very rare, extreme, floods.
Stalagmites grow up.
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
The stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the stalagmites are on the ground.
stalagmites & stalactites are examples of a chemical sedimentary rock
yes but there are not called stalagmites and stalactites there are called speleothems
Stalagmites grow up.
Stalagmites grow up.
Stalagmites are a physical change.
Stalactites and stalagmites are found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling, and stalagmites come up from the ground.
Stalactites and stalagmites are found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling, and stalagmites come up from the ground.
Calcium Carbonate
stalagmites & stalactites are examples of a chemical sedimentary rock
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
The stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the stalagmites are on the ground.
Stalactites are found in limestone caves. They are the limestone formations hanging from the roof. Limestone is calcium carbonate salts. Stalagmites are the formations growing up to the roof. (One way to remember: Stalactites have to hold on tight or they will fall and stalagmites might reach the roof one day.)
I saw stalagmites they were ugly but then i saw you and i rather liked the stalagmites
Stalagmites are formed on the floor or ground of the cave and are spikes facing upward.