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The most fascinating failures of the soil in the world
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For most people in the world familiar to many vagaries of nature: storms, hurricanes, tsunamis, and even earthquakes. But sometimes in the ground formed a huge hole, karst failures. Their origins are, at first glance, it is impossible to explain. They appear suddenly and carry a whole house together with the residents in a matter of minutes. KARST COLLAPSE IN GUATEMALA
Due to the tropical storm "Agatha", who came from the Pacific ocean at the end of may 2010, injured nearly 200 people. Rain triggered the sinkhole, consisting mostly of volcanic ash and pumice — friable materials. As a result, the location of vacant three-storey factory crater with a diameter of 19 and 30 m depth.
SAOJI TANKAN, CHINA
Saoji Tenkan is the world's largest karst collapse. It was discovered in 1994, researchers in the UK, although the locals knew about it long before that. The name originates from two words. The first one belongs to the abandoned settlement nearby, and means "small village", and the second translates to "heavenly pit." Because of the huge size (more than 500 meters in width and depth) in this place has developed a unique ecosystem in which they live many unique animals and plants, including relict plant Ginkgo and clouded leopard.
SIMA DE LAS COTORRAS, MEXICO
The cave of SIMA de Las Cotorras notable not because of its size and because of the many species of birds and unique rock paintings, making it a profitable tourist destination. With the Spanish name of the failure is translated as the "cave of cats". The name is derived from the Mexican aratinga, who found there a refuge from predators. If you go to this place with a guide from the local Indians in the early morning, you can see thousands of birds rise in spirals to the top of the cave. At a depth of 70 meters on the wall were drawings of the tribes of the Zocalo, the ancestors of the Mexican tribes.
SIMA HUMBOLDT, VENEZUELA
Most unusual in SIM Humboldt that it is on top of a flat mountain. She was able to find only in 1961, and the first expedition managed to reach the crater only to 1972. With its unique location it formed a unique ecosystem with animals and plants that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
SOLIKAMSK, RUSSIA
The sinkhole in Solikamsk happened on November 18 2014 because of the flooding of the mine in which the company "Uralkali" was mined as raw material for production of fertilizers. 20 years ago the same place was a powerful man-made earthquake. A few months a collapse has grown to 100 meters wide and swallowed several suburban areas. published
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Source: yodnews.ru/2015/11/22/proval
Due to the tropical storm "Agatha", who came from the Pacific ocean at the end of may 2010, injured nearly 200 people. Rain triggered the sinkhole, consisting mostly of volcanic ash and pumice — friable materials. As a result, the location of vacant three-storey factory crater with a diameter of 19 and 30 m depth.
SAOJI TANKAN, CHINA
Saoji Tenkan is the world's largest karst collapse. It was discovered in 1994, researchers in the UK, although the locals knew about it long before that. The name originates from two words. The first one belongs to the abandoned settlement nearby, and means "small village", and the second translates to "heavenly pit." Because of the huge size (more than 500 meters in width and depth) in this place has developed a unique ecosystem in which they live many unique animals and plants, including relict plant Ginkgo and clouded leopard.
SIMA DE LAS COTORRAS, MEXICO
The cave of SIMA de Las Cotorras notable not because of its size and because of the many species of birds and unique rock paintings, making it a profitable tourist destination. With the Spanish name of the failure is translated as the "cave of cats". The name is derived from the Mexican aratinga, who found there a refuge from predators. If you go to this place with a guide from the local Indians in the early morning, you can see thousands of birds rise in spirals to the top of the cave. At a depth of 70 meters on the wall were drawings of the tribes of the Zocalo, the ancestors of the Mexican tribes.
SIMA HUMBOLDT, VENEZUELA
Most unusual in SIM Humboldt that it is on top of a flat mountain. She was able to find only in 1961, and the first expedition managed to reach the crater only to 1972. With its unique location it formed a unique ecosystem with animals and plants that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
SOLIKAMSK, RUSSIA
The sinkhole in Solikamsk happened on November 18 2014 because of the flooding of the mine in which the company "Uralkali" was mined as raw material for production of fertilizers. 20 years ago the same place was a powerful man-made earthquake. A few months a collapse has grown to 100 meters wide and swallowed several suburban areas. published
P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! © Join us at Facebook , Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki
Source: yodnews.ru/2015/11/22/proval
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