Glossary:Doline

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Doline
Also sink hole or swallow hole

A closed depression in areas of limestone geology. They are formed as the carbonate rocks (limestone, dolomite etc.) are dissolved in percolating rainwater either at the surface, or in sub-surface caves the roofs of which collapse forming the doline.

Related Words: Carbonate

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