Why Florida is full of sinkholes
Chapter 1
The Swiss cheese beneath Florida's soil
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Chapter 2
Three ways the earth opens up
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Chapter 3
Famous collapses and how humans make them worse
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Why Florida is full of sinkholes
Ch 1 · The Swiss cheese beneath Florida's soil
hank Florida's Limestone Bedrock
Limestone crumbles deep below (deep below!) / Rainwater makes the sinkholes grow (yeah-yeah, they grow!)
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?
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Why does a drop in the water table during a drought increase Florida sinkhole risks?
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What provides upward structural support for the ceilings of underground Florida caves?