BETA
Chapter 1
The Swiss cheese beneath Florida's soil
Chapter 2
Three ways the earth opens up
Chapter 3
Famous collapses and how humans make them worse
YOUR GOAL
Master of Why Florida is full of sinkholes
Ch 1 · The Swiss cheese beneath Florida's soil
hank Play this interactive game to discover why Florida's limestone soil acts like Swiss cheese, making the state highly prone to sinkholes.
hank Florida's Limestone Bedrock
Limestone crumbles deep below (deep below!) / Rainwater makes the sinkholes grow (yeah-yeah, they grow!)
hank Discover how the subterranean Floridan Aquifer shapes the state's landscape and drives sinkhole formation in this visual educational infographic.
hank See how rainwater acts as a slow-motion acid bath, dissolving underground limestone to create Florida's sinkholes in this educational diagram.
Fun Fact
Underground oceans: The Floridan Aquifer holds billions of gallons of freshwater, supplying drinking water to over 10 million people daily.
Glossary
karst (noun)
A landscape shaped by the dissolution of soluble bedrock, such as limestone, characterized by sinkholes and underground caves. This geologic formation underlies the entire state of Florida, where acidic groundwater slowly eats away the bedrock.
A landscape shaped by the dissolution of soluble bedrock, such as limestone, characterized by sinkholes and underground caves. This geologic formation underlies the entire state of Florida, where acidic groundwater slowly eats away the bedrock.
Quiz
What ancient material compressed over millions of years to form Florida's limestone bedrock?
Quiz
What provides upward structural support for the ceilings of underground Florida caves?