Translation of "sinkhole" into Italian

dolina, dolina carsica, foiba are the top translations of "sinkhole" into Italian.

sinkhole noun grammar

(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage [..]

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  • dolina

    feminine

    Depressione o buco naturale nella superficie topografica causata dalla dissoluzione chimica di roccia carbonica. [..]

    I could spend the rest of my life analyzing the contents of that sinkhole.

    Potrei passare il resto della mia vita ad analizzare il contenuto di quella dolina.

  • dolina carsica

    sinkhole in a karst environment [..]

  • foiba

    noun

    It is an undulating limestone plateau with a typical Karst terrain (valleys, sinkholes, side-valleys, chasms and underground caves).

    Si tratta di un altopiano calcareo ondulato, dal tipico suolo carsico (valli, doline, valli laterali, foibe e grotte sotterranee).

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