Sinkholes Around The World
There are two basic types of sinkholes: (1) A cover-subsidance sinkhole and (2) a cover-collapse sinkhole.
Most are naturally occurring, but humans can contribute.
Harwood Hole - Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand. 183 m deep.
The Devil's Hole sinkhole near Hawthorne, Florida.
Teiq Sinkhole - Oman, Jordan. One of the largest sinkholes in the world by volume - 90 million cubic meters. 250 m deep.
Blue Hole - Dahab, Egypt. 130 m deep on the edge of the Red Sea. Free diving attempts often prove fatal.
Bahmah Sinkhole in Oman, Jordan.
A helicopter hovers over a sinkhole that's 120-feet wide and 180-feet deep in a gypsum stack at IMC-Agrico's New Wales plant, southwest of Mulberry, Fla., on June 29, 1994. (Scott Wheeler/Reuters)
The Great Blue Hole is a giant submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize.
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