Inside a sinkhole in the mountainous Xuanen county in central China’s Hubei province. Photograph: Song Wen/Barcroft Media. From the Guardian. [1920 x 1277]
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A sinkhole, also known as a cenote, sink, sink-hole, shakehole, swallet, swallow hole, or doline (the different terms for sinkholes are often used interchangeably), is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.
A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
Xuan’en County (Chinese: 宣恩; pinyin: Xuān’ēn) is a county of southwestern Hubei province, People’s Republic of China.
A county, abbreviated Cnty. (US) or Co. (UK and Ireland), is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes, in certain modern nations.
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