The dimension of the sinkhole has been documented to be 630ft deep, 1,000ft long, and 490ft wide. Considered to be one of the 30 sinkholes, it has been discovered in the Ping’e village of Leye country in China.
A gigantic sinkhole was recently discovered by a team of Chinese explorers in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region located in the Southern part of China, concealing an ancient range of forest beneath it.
The sinkhole is 490-foot wide, 1,000-foot long, and 630-foot deep. It is one of the 30 known sinkholes discovered in the autonomous region.
The leader of the cave expedition team Guangxi 702, Chen Lixin stated that the trees found in the ancient underground forest are nearly 40 meters high (131 feet) and their length comes up to a man’s shoulder or more. He commented that he would not be astonished if a group of researchers or scientists discover unknown species habituating in the underground forest caves.
It took several hours for the hikers to reach the end of the sinkhole and they found three entrances to the primitive well preserved forest.
The executive director of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI), George Veni stated that it is“cool news”. He said that sinkholes in other areas of the world are restrained, only a meter or two in diameter. Mr. Veni added that the primary water is sourced from karst aquifers for over 700 million people worldwide but they are already polluted.
Because of local differences in geology, climate and other factors, the way karst appears at the surface can be dramatically different,so in China you have this incredibly visually spectacular karst with enormous sinkholes and giant cave entrances and so forth. In other parts of the world you walk out on the karst and you really don’t notice anything. Sinkholes might be quite subdued, only a meter or two in diameter. Cave entrances might be very small, so you have to squeeze your way into them
George Veni, Executive director (NCKRI)
The region of Guangxi Zhuang is well known around the world for its well-developed karst aquifers which are formed due to the dissolution of the existing bedrocks. Due to the presence of such Karst aquifers in the southern region of China, it has earned the coveted title of the UNESCO World Heritage site.
The world’s deepest underwater sinkhole was discovered in the Sea of South China.
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