Natural sinkholes can make for awesome places to experience wildlife. Unlike the shaded canopy of the ravine, the lake edges are often directly exposed to sunlight and breezes with ever-changing emergent vegetation and submerged grasses. These edges support water-loving wildlife such as wading birds, turtles and many species of fish.

Lake Peigneur[2] is a brackish lake in the U.S. state of Louisiana, 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) north of Delcambre and 9.1 mi (14.6 km) west of New Iberia, near the northernmost tip of Vermilion Bay. With a maximum depth of 200 feet (60 meters), it is the deepest lake in Louisiana.

The Red Lake sinkhole in Croatia. A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.

What is a Sinkhole Lake? One of the special and unique features of the PRC is its sinkhole lakes. Sinkholes are usually, but not always linked with Karst landscapes. Karst refers to a topography shaped by soluble layers of bedrock like limestone and shale.

2023年8月4日 · In 2022, scientists discovered a 630-foot-deep (192 meters) sinkhole containing an ancient forest and dense overgrowth in southern China. Here are some of the biggest known sinkholes on Earth,...

When you need a true escape into nature coupled with the peace that only water can bring, seek out the Pigeon River Country State Forest’s coveted sinkhole lakes. SUPs are one way to visit sinkhole lakes. If you’ve never visited one of Gaylord, Michigan’s sinkhole lakes, add it to the top of your to-do list

High in the sand pine/scrub oak forest is the Lake Eaton Sinkhole Trail, winding through palmetto and deer moss to a dry sinkhole about 80 feet deep and 450 feet wide. A choice of three different hiking routes lead to the rim of the sinkhole, where an observation deck allows you to take in the magnitude of this geological feature.

2018年2月8日 · Low rain has exposed a sinkhole or two on Lake Miccosukee, offering a glimpse into the forces that created our largest area lakes, and their connections to the Floridan Aquifer. Subscribe to the WFSU Ecology Blog to receive more …

2024年8月27日 · The latest: sinkholes at the bottom of Lake Michigan. On Aug. 21, a team of scientists confirmed there are more than 40 sinkholes on the lakebed in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National...

Deep Lake is a natural sinkhole in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. This 90-foot-deep naturally occurring sinkhole lake is the deepest lake south of Lake Okeechobee, and one of the deepest in the entire state.