A sinkhole is a depression in Earth’s surface formed when underlying limestone bedrock is dissolved by groundwater. The two main varieties of sinkholes are those caused by the collapse of a cavern roof (cover-collapse sinkholes) and those formed by the gradual dissolving of rock under a soil mantle (cover-subsidence sinkholes).
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