Tübingen District

Laichingen

Sinkhole Field in the Maier Meadows

Tübingen District

Sinkhole Field in the Maier Meadows

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Sinkhole Field in the Maier Meadows

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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Location: Laichingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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October 5, 2024

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Natural monument sinkhole: a relatively large doline on the Alb plateau, which was created by the collapse of an underlying cavity or cave.

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Rainer & Petra

October 3, 2021

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Sinkholes are subsidence. They arise through solution processes in the karstification-capable subsoil.

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Lisa im Ländle

August 21, 2023

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A doline, sinkhole or karst funnel is a chimney, funnel or bowl-shaped depression with a mostly round or elliptical ground plan in karst areas. Their diameter usually varies between 2 and 200 meters, but can also be more than a kilometer.

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Location: Laichingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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