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Definition of Sinkholes
1. sinkhole [n] - See also: sinkhole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinkholes
Literary usage of Sinkholes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Geological Survey of the State of Iowa, to the Thirteenth by Iowa Geological Survey, Charles Abiathar White (1870)
"sinkholes AND SPRINGS. Among the minor features that are found to mark the surface
at some limited localities in the State, and which always arrest ..."
2. Physiography of the St. Louis Area by Nevin Melancthon Fenneman (1909)
"sinkholes. Parts of the upland underlain by the St. Louis limestone contain
numerous sinkholes (Pl. 11). The smaller of the holes have a diameter •of a very ..."
3. An Excursion to the Mammoth Cave, and the Barrens of Kentucky: With Some by Robert Davidson (1840)
"The sinkholes, as they are called, are not the least remarkable curiosities of
this valuable part of that State ; that in many places there is much rock on ..."
4. The Geology of Lehigh and Northampton Counties by Pennsylvania State geologist.(1874-1890), J. Peter Lesley, Henry Martyn Chance, Frederick Prime, Richard H. Sanders, Charles Edward Hall (1883)
"The sinkholes of the limestone belt are merely surface entrances to an underground
drainage system of communicating caverns underlying the whole of this ..."
5. Hold Your Ground: A Practical Guide for Protecting Your Natural ResourcesNature (1993)
"sinkholes are the most common and easily rec< nized karst features. Most sinkholes
normally tc weeks or months to develop, but they can be cat trophic and ..."
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