Groundwater II Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- travertine terraces : when hot water cools rapidly after exiting the ground, the minerals within it are deposited to form these.
- caves : also called caverns, there is a network of these underground in regions underlain by limestone.
- sinkhole : this is a depression formed when caverns increase in size so that overlying support is lost & the ground collapses.
- karst : this landscape forms in an area with substantial limestone rock.
- uvala : these are very large depressions that form when several sinkholes combine after cave ceilings crumble.
- poljes : this is a gorge-like feature created by the collapse of an entire cavern.
- hums : these are hills of remaining rock fragments following the collapse of all caves in a karst lansdscape.
- stalagmite : this depositional feature grows from the floor of a cave upward.
- stalactite : thos icicle-like depositional feature grows from the ceiling of a cave downward.
- pillars : these features form when calcium carbonate deposits attached to a cave ceiling meet deposits growing from its floor up.
- flowstones : this is the term for layered deposits found along cavern streambeds.
