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How does a sink hole form?

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this is something that happens on earths surface....

. The ground simply collapses down the now dry rivers that were once filled with water. These are the first real signs of a major drought.

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A collapse of superficial deposits into a void that has formed within the underlying bedrock.

These voids may form as a result of dissolution of soluble rocks or may be man made (for example abandoned mine workings or shafts).

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Sinkholes are from underground rivers/water run dry, ive been told this is a first sign of a drought, but when the wayer runs dry, the land that was being held up by this water then collapses under its own weight, its basically

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Sinkholes are basically what they sound like -- holes which suddenly appear in the ground. They can be large enough for houses to fall into or only a few feet across.

Sinkholes can from from a variety of mechanisms but the most common image that people see on TV is when surficial soils drop into an empty cavity below them. This is called a cover collapse sinkhole.

Also called sinks , cenotes ,dolines or swallets.

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Sinkholes are basically what they sound like -- holes which suddenly appear in the ground. They can be large enough for houses to fall into or only a few feet across. They are caused by the collapse of underground caverns or mines . Also called sinks , cenotes ,dolines or swallets.

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a natural depression in the earth that is formed when soil or bedrock is removed (often by water). They can either form gradually or instantaneously.

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A sink hole is formed when water flows underground and takes away earth and gravel. This creates a void and the weight of the ground above it causes it to sink into the void that was formed.

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Sinkholes occur when the roof of an underground natural or man made excavation or cave that is close to the surface collapses, causing the ground on the surface to sink.

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They can swallow anthing from cars th huoses

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sink holes happen in places that lie on top of eroding top soil that lies upon acidic water.

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