ARCHITECTURE
IDEAS
CABINS
Wild Woodz 
CATEGORIES
POPULAR
Nature Animals
People Craft
Science Design
Jump to WildWoodz
Glass tabletops are the best option for renewing existing coffee tables while round tabletops and rectangle-glass-tabletops are perfect for decorating ...
Modern Coffee Table Styles with Table Tops
Glass tabletops are the best option for renewing existing coffee tables while round tabletops and rectangle-glass-tabletops are perfect for decorating ...
Plexiglass is a great alternative to glass. Let's explore the applications in which plexiglass is preferred over ordinary glass.
Top 5 Situations When Application of Plexiglass is Preferred over Glass
Plexiglass is a great alternative to glass. Let's explore the applications in which plexiglass is preferred over ordinary glass.
Interior designs for homes and other spaces are changing faster than one can imagine. Sometimes, it gets too difficult to ...
Difference Between wooden base cabinets & glass cabinets (New Concept Glass Cabinets Design)
Interior designs for homes and other spaces are changing faster than one can imagine. Sometimes, it gets too difficult to ...
Scandinavian design is normally compared to mid-century modern design. While they are known to borrow details from each other, color ...
DIY Nordic wood designs
Scandinavian design is normally compared to mid-century modern design. While they are known to borrow details from each other, color ...
For the love of woodz, craft and nature.
 
Share
Mysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique Ecosystem
In Nature by Anja, July 6, 2016

China is no stranger to sinkholes but a huge 317-yard-deep crater in a mountainous part of central China’s Hubei province has produced something extraordinary – a unique ecosystem of plants and animals, brought about by the humid climate and the local Karst landscape. Its remote location made sure this self-contained ecosystem is largely untouched by man.

Mysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique Ecosystem

The China sinkhole was naturally formed as a result of the region’s karst processes, in which the humid climate of Hubei’s Xuanen county triggered the chemical dissolution of the carbonate landscape. Although the sinkhole was discovered decades ago, only a handful of people have ever plumbed its difficult-to-reach depths.

Over 290 meters (950 feet) deep and with a ground area of approximately 6.7 hectares (16.47 acres)

Due to its undisturbed location and favorable growing conditions, the sinkhole developed a thriving ecosystem that, until now, was hidden from the public’s eye. Sunlight enters the space through a single craggy opening, while rain and condensation bring water into the hole. The damp and oxygen-rich landscape is lush with abundant plant life, particularly with ferns that thrive in the sinkhole’s humid environment. Fragrant flowers, vines, mosses, palm trees, and more have also sprung up to create the thick green carpet that lines the sinkhole floor. Hundreds of swallows have nested along the sinkhole’s cliff faces and feed on the flourishing butterfly and insect populations.

Mysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique EcosystemMysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique EcosystemMysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique EcosystemMysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique EcosystemMysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique EcosystemMysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique EcosystemMysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique EcosystemMysterious Sinkhole Develops Beautiful And Unique Ecosystem

Photo credit: Xinhua

H/T to inhabitat; thewallstreetjournal

Reshare our content with appropriate credit:
- via Woodz.co (must include a link to the article)
- if it exists, give h/t (specified at the end of our articles)

Leave a Reply

So, what do you think?

avatar
wpdiscuz_captcharefresh
avatar
wpdiscuz_captcharefresh
  Subscribe  
Notify of
Latest
Sustainability, respect for the mountains and direct contact with nature are the principles that have guided all design choices. For ...
9 Dec 2021
Hotel Zallinger
Glass tabletops are the best option for renewing existing coffee tables while round tabletops and rectangle-glass-tabletops are perfect for decorating ...
27 May 2021
Modern Coffee Table Styles with Table Tops
With great views of the golf course and the magnificent trees in the environment. The design of the project follows ...
6 May 2021
GP House
Plexiglass is a great alternative to glass. Let's explore the applications in which plexiglass is preferred over ordinary glass.
12 Apr 2021
Top 5 Situations When Application of Plexiglass is Preferred over Glass
The steep forested hillsides around the Hardangerfjord above Odda is the location of two Woodnest treehouses. The architecture is a ...
3 Feb 2021
Woodnest Cabin – Treehouse
RELATED POSTS
Visiting Belgium is not only worth for the famous tourist attractions or their yummy chocolate but also for the magical ...
Belgium’s Breathtaking Forest Covered With Bluebells
Species that evolved far apart have been thrown together by worldwide transport, global warming, deforestation and farming. This is increasing ...
Hybrid Species Are on the March – with the Help of Humans
It may sound like a no-brainer to say that trees improve air quality. After all, we know that trees absorb ...
Do Trees Really Help Clear The Air In Our Cities?
Architecture Wild Woodz About Us
Ideas Terms & Privacy
Cabins Contact
For the love of wood, craft and nature.
Copyright © 2015-2023 Woodz. All Rights Reserved.