Sinkhole
A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet.
- Meadow
- Description: geologically-formed topological depression
- Also known as“shakehole”“sink”“swallet”“swallow hole”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Cave Pečinka and Cerje.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lokvica and Vrtoče.
Sinkhole
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Latitude
45.86632° or 45° 51′ 59″ north
Longitude
13.6114° or 13° 36′ 41″ east
Open location code
8FQMVJ86+GH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = meadow
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Sinkhole” goes by many names.
بالوعةArabic
DolinaAragonese
կարստային ջրափոսArmenian
DolinaBasque
карстBelarusian
ধস-গহ্বরBengali
VrtačaBosnian
карстова дупкаBulgarian
Карстова фунияBulgarian
bòfiaCatalan
DolinaCatalan
地陷Chinese
地面塌陷Chinese
天坑Chinese
沉洞Chinese
滲穴Chinese
落水洞Chinese
doCroatian
dolacCroatian
PonikvaCroatian
vrtačaCroatian
ZávrtCzech
JordfaldshulDanish
Undersøisk jordfaldshulDanish
DolineDutch
DolinoEsperanto
KarstilehterEstonian
kurisuEstonian
DoliiniFinnish
კარსტული ძაბრიGeorgian
ΔολίνηGreek
YvykuaGuarani
DolinHaitian
SinkholeHausa
בולעןHebrew
דולינהHebrew
घोल रन्ध्रHindi
VíznyelőHungarian
AmblasanIndonesian
dolinIndonesian
dolinaIndonesian
lubang amblasIndonesian
lubang runtuhanIndonesian
sinkholeIndonesian
dolinaItalian
Dolina carsicaItalian
sinkholeItalian
uvalaItalian
シンクホールJapanese
ドリーネJapanese
石灰洞窟Japanese
陥落孔Japanese
Karst voronkasıKazakh
Карст воронкасыKazakh
كارست ۆورونكاسىKazakh
돌리네Korean
땅꺼짐Korean
싱크홀Korean
용식함지Korean
Karsta kriteneLatvian
DolineLimburgan
dubėLithuanian
įgriuvaLithuanian
SmegduobėLithuanian
ВртачаMacedonian
Lubang benamMalay
विलयछिद्रMarathi
Tanah luluihMinangkabau
भ्वाङNepali
SynkehullNorwegian
synkehullNorwegian Bokmål
SlukholNorwegian Nynorsk
فروچالهPersian
گودالPersian
Lej krasowyPolish
lejek krasowyPolish
werteb krasowyPolish
wertep krasowyPolish
DolinăRomanian
Карстовая воронкаRussian
карстовые воронкиRussian
усадочная раковинаRussian
VrtačaSerbian
ВртачаSerbian
ВртачеSerbian
VrtačaSerbo-Croatian
Krasová jamaSlovak
ZávrtSlovak
kraška kotanjaSlovenian
VrtačaSlovenian
UubSomali
DolinSwedish
SjunkhålSwedish
SlukhålSwedish
புதைகுழிTamil
SinkholeThai
หลุมยุบThai
çukurTurkish
ObrukTurkish
Карстова лійкаUkrainian
понорUkrainian
گڑھاUrdu
Hố địa ngụcVietnamese
Hố sụtVietnamese
Hố tử thầnVietnamese
LlyncdwllWelsh
sudd-dwllWelsh
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