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That Sinkhole Feeling

  • June 2, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

A sinkhole can be a few feet wide … or cover hundreds of acres! Certain types of rock, such as limestone and gypsum, can be dissolved by groundwater, creating an open space underground. After enough rock disappears, the ground above collapses into the hole.

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