The water is weakly but sufficiently acid to dissolve limestone as it flows through the joints and other breaks in the rock mass.
Groundwater flowing through certain types of rocks can produce caves
caves
caves
What is is the difference between renewable groundwater and nonrenewable groundwater?
The reaction of carbonic acid in rain and groundwater with the carbonate rock.
Groundwater flowing through certain types of rocks can produce caves
Caves.
caves
caves
caves
caves
What is is the difference between renewable groundwater and nonrenewable groundwater?
A cave is a void (hole) in the ground. An aquifer is a region of water-permeable rock that holds groundwater; it may (or may not) contain caves.
In limestone and sandstone areas, especially, ground water filtering through the rock and dissolving the limestone or sandstone, creates potholes, caverns and caves.
Groundwater erosion occurs most often in areas with an abundance of limestone and rainfall. This erosion can create large cavities and caves.
The reaction of carbonic acid in rain and groundwater with the carbonate rock.
Caves caused by volcanic activity are made of basalt Caves caused by dissolution due to groundwater are formed in limestone or sometimes marble. Caves also form in glacial ice due to melting. (Glacial ice can technically be considered rock.)