| 词汇 | example_english_sinkhole |
| 释义 | Examples of sinkholeThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The valley has been intensely karstified, as evidenced by the numerous sinkholes, springs, caves, and disappearing streams. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Water erosion has left the calcareous plateaus strewn with dolines and poljes (sinkholes and flat-floored depressions). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The animals apparently fell to their deaths tens of metres below, through narrow openings in the roof of the caves known as sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As a solution to the cholera problem, city officials constructed a sewer system to drain sinkholes that had become clogged with sewage and garbage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sinkholes appear in hallways because outdoor sewage and drainage systems are outdated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Several sinkholes, some huge, have opened within the city. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Karst is characterized by dissolved limestone formations such as sinkholes and haystack-shaped hills known as mogotes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All ramps and sinkholes are worth 5,000,000 for 30 seconds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Additionally, as many as 52 sinkholes were reported to have formed along roadways in the county. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many places are subject to earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, sinkholes, blizzards, floods, droughts, wildfires, and other calamities and disasters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most of the parish has the typical limestone features of cockpits, sinkholes, caves and underground passages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The landscape includes many caves, sinkholes, springs, and streams. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During dry spells all water sinks very quickly on reaching the limestone, through sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Large swells and dips can be encountered along the route, formed by swallets and sinkholes in the surrounding limestone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The geological process that is producing the sinkholes is under study, but is a total mystery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The other four caves are sinkholes capable of trapping animals, especially ground-dwelling and flightless birds, and contain the most fossils. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sinkholes are depressions in the earth caused by collapse of the roof of a cave. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sinkholes are the result of the collapse of the roof of a cave, and surface water can flow directly into them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The local terrain is hilly with patches of forest filled with sinkholes and many caves and caverns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Entire cities are built in cracks and crevices in the sides of the massive sinkholes, which extend inwards in perpetual twilight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. About 9,000 sinkholes have been identified in the park, formed abruptly after gypsum in the soil has been dissolved by underground water. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The damage at the surface is much greater if there is differential settlement, or large-scale features, such as sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The surrounding terrain is developed on limestone bedrock and exhibits karst topography due to dissolution of the limestone by ground water, creating water-filled sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The thousands of sinkholes known as cenotes throughout the region provide access to the groundwater system. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Currently two first of them are sediment-filled sinkholes few meters above sea level, third one is submerged. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On several occasions, the effects of heavy rainfall have created sinkholes beneath the settling ponds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Green sulfur bacteria are commonly found in meromictic lakes and ponds, sediments, and some sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fast moving streams and rivers cutting into the limestone bedrock and in places creating caverns and sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Over time the wood rots and sinkholes can develop. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The area has several caves, sinkholes, and bluffs overlooking the lake. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Later, the connection of the individual sinkholes was explored. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most of the rock is limestone allowing for a number of formations such as caves and sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ground is pitted with sinkholes, a danger to the cattle that graze the fields. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are more than 20 karst land formations such as huge caves, underground rivers, depressions, karst poljes, and sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They often also occur around geologic reef complexes and collapse features such as ancient sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Paleokarst features include isolated eaves and sinkholes as well as integrated cavern systems that are mineralized and can be traced from insurgence to outlet. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The park is notable for its sinkholes, created by the dissolution of the gypsum underlying its soil. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In karst topography, rivers may disappear through sinkholes, continuing underground. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other types of sinkholes, such as collapsed caves, are not washouts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Twelve water pipes were also cracked or destroyed by sinkholes resulting from the flooding. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Since settler times it has been called the land of sinks for its many sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Carcar formation is typically a porous coralline limestone characterized by small sinkholes, pitted grooves, and branching pinnacles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Suffosion sinkholes are normally associated with karst topography although they may form in other types of rock including chalk, gypsum and basalt. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A second catastrophe sees them falling into one of numerous dust-filled sinkholes, trapping them in a cavern. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are two natural sinkholes, or "cenotes", at the site of the city, which would have provided a plentiful supply of potable water. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Medium-sized surface features may include sinkholes or cenotes (closed basins), vertical shafts, foibe (inverted funnel shaped sinkholes), disappearing streams, and reappearing springs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The limestone bedrock has formed bluffs, glades, caves, springs, and sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All ramps and sinkholes are worth 5,000,000 for 50 seconds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are also sinkholes present- the most recent appeared in late 2013- believed to result from mine workings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because of its limestone formation, the parish is noted for its 59 caves and numerous sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1969, 1981, and again in 2008, sinkholes formed in the area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The limestone composition halted the development of an airport as coralline limestone is soluble which causes formation of caves and sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. About 500 years ago there was clearly another collapse which resulted in the creation of two larger sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The area is dominated by limestone with numerous karst (caves, crevices, sinkholes). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Over 90% of the parish's surface is limestone so there is an abundance of cockpits, sinkholes, caves and underground passages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Pollution of the local environment may occur as well, such as contamination of groundwater or aquifers by leakage or sinkholes or soil contamination. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To at least a depth of 55 m below sea level, the limestone has been dissolved forming cavities, sinkholes and caves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The sinkholes and cave systems provide a source of groundwater for the caves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Lapiez, sinkholes and caves resolve from the solution of the limestone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Branchwork caves are the most common of cave patterns and are formed near sinkholes where groundwater recharge occurs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The dissolution process produces a distinctive landform known as "karst", characterized by sinkholes, and underground drainage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During subsequent millennia these work deeper, leaving in their wake enormous waterless caverns, sinkholes and grottoes and forming underground labyrinths of channels and shafts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As its name suggests, the river in places goes underground due to the chalk bed being dissolved, forming swallow holes (sinkholes). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because these mines are located throughout the community and township, the area is subject to excessive erosion because of sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Both cuestas have a northward-facing scarp perforated by numerous sinkholes and caves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Is a semi-desertic world full with sinkholes, in which there are sources of water. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Due to the nature of the karst soil there are also some depressions and sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The walls of sinkholes in hammocks are either bare or covered by mosses, liverworts, and ferns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Rockland hammocks are found on elevated outcrops of limestone, often in association with limestone sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hammocks on limestone substrates, however, are dependent on the underlying water table to keep humidity levels high, especially in limestone sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When conditions are appropriate, wetland trees, such as pond-apple and coco-plum, may be found growing out of the bottom or walls of sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sinkholes are cylindrical or conical depressions with steep limestone walls, found in karst rockland areas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The reason for this is the limestone in the region, which makes sinkholes a very common site. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In many places, large sinkholes open up, as well as surface cavities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most of the area is a karst landscape, where there is no direct drainage into any streams, but instead the rainfall goes directly into sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Anything disrupting the air flow through sinkholes and out the vents can affect the habitat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Several days of persistent rainfall resulted in house flooding, sinkholes, and sewer backups. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Future expansions or collapses in the underground system are conceivable; these would show above ground as sinkholes or ponors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The region is pockmarked with natural sinkholes, called cenotes, which expose the water table to the surface. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When they were exposed to the atmosphere, their limestones were subjected to chemical weathering that created the caves and sinkholes common to karst terrain, resulting in structures like blue holes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The year after the line opened, nine air pockets above the tunnel, caused by soil slides above the tunnel boring machine, were discovered and filled with cement to prevent sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Marl prairies are located where marl covers limestone that may protrude as pinnacles or erode into "solution holes": depressions formed by the same processes that create sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Access to water was a limiting factor on agriculture, with the limestone escarpment giving way in water filled sinkholes (cenotes), but rivers and streams were generally absent on the peninsula. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They very frequently are home to unusual plants and animals because they usually have water at the bottom, and because the steep walls protect the sinkholes from herbivores. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One, slight elevations of the terrain (predominant soil is of calcareous origin) above flooding levels during the rainy season, and two, the presence of sinkholes or cenotes. The site is stated to be an example of a sediment-filled former sinkhole having become the summit of a low hill by differential erosion. Their main options are to limit access, reduce services, increase copayments, and drive out patients with "sinkhole" problems by serving them poorly. Rainwater (which percolates into sinkholes in the limestone), is enriched with dissolved calcium carbonate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Erosion of gypsum by this underground water has caused many sinkholes, some of which have become very deep lakes that are home to unique species. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The cave is located in an area of karst topography, including sinkholes, springs, and limestone bedrock. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Several of these karst features have unusual characteristics like travertine lids over several of the sinkholes with isolated waterbodies below. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are karstic sinkholes in the island's central limestone massif, and limestone caves with stalactites. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Found in the area are approximated 18 sinkholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Karst features such as sinkholes and caves are not uncommon in this area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The area is characterized by thin loess soil cover, isolated patches of glacial drift, deeply entrenched river valleys, and karst (sinkholes, caves, and springs) topography. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Extended systems of underwater caves, sinkholes and springs are found throughout the state and supply most of the water used by residents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By the 1960s most of the mines had closed, leaving mine shafts, sinkholes, chat piles, and other dangers for future cleanup. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Water may leak into the underground system from many sources including permeable earth, sinkholes, and losing streams. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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