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a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a cavern with beautiful stalactites
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Recent Examples of caverns
If that were true, the groundwater may have eroded some of the limestone, causing caverns to form.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Eventually, the caverns’ ceilings might have collapsed, making the large indentations on the lakebed.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
One level then another, into an Upside Down of cathedral caverns and dark tunnels, dragon’s -boneyards of broken pit props.
—Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
The concerto is full of sonic imagery that travels above and below ground, down to the rivers in deep caverns and up in the skies to the environmentally threatened toh bird.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
The caverns were created millions of years ago by underground rivers.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Some caves and caverns require a permit to enter.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
The caverns are 210 feet underground and are accessible via an elevator that takes visitors into the main chamber.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
During the ice ages, the caves dried out as the sea level dropped, and the seeping water from the surface decorated the caverns with deposits such as stalagmites and stalactites, collectively known as speleothems.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
Eventually, the caverns’ ceilings might have collapsed, making the large indentations on the lakebed.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
One level then another, into an Upside Down of cathedral caverns and dark tunnels, dragon’s -boneyards of broken pit props.
—Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
The concerto is full of sonic imagery that travels above and below ground, down to the rivers in deep caverns and up in the skies to the environmentally threatened toh bird.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
The caverns were created millions of years ago by underground rivers.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Some caves and caverns require a permit to enter.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
The caverns are 210 feet underground and are accessible via an elevator that takes visitors into the main chamber.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
During the ice ages, the caves dried out as the sea level dropped, and the seeping water from the surface decorated the caverns with deposits such as stalagmites and stalactites, collectively known as speleothems.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Caverns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caverns. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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