About Sinkhole
A sinkhole, also known as a cenote, sink, sink-hole, swallet, swallow hole, or doline, is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. Most are caused by karst processes – the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks or suffosion processes.
Joshimath: The horrors of life in India's sinking Himalayan town
Jan 9,2023 10:51 pm
... A Sinkhole - a depression or hole in the ground caused by the collapse of the surface layer - can occur when water flowing underground erodes rocks beneath the surface...
Brentwood sinkhole: car falls in hole and houses evacuated
Feb 16,2020 10:18 am
...A car in a Sinkhole in Essex and six apartments had to be evacuated due to the changing ground ...