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GLOBALink | Giant karst sinkhole discovered in China's Guangxi

STORY: Giant karst sinkhole discovered in China's Guangxi DATELINE: May 8, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:02 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the sinkhole 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ZHANG YUANHAI, Senior engineer with the Institute of Karst Geology of China Geological Survey STORYLINE: A cave exploration team has discovered a giant karst sinkhole in Leye County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, bringing Leye's number of such sinkholes to 30. The sinkhole, located near Ping'e village under Luoxi township, measures 306 meters in length, 150 meters in width and 192 meters in depth, with its volume exceeding 5 million cubic meters, and can be categorized as a large sinkhole. Giant sinkholes, also known as Tiankeng (heavenly pit) in Chinese, are dolines, or giant pits, with special geological features found in karst regions formed by repeated cave-ins. They are mainly found in China, Mexico and Papua New Guinea. The expedition was completed on Friday after the team member

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