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  1. Foiba (Karst 🌍)

    A foiba ; plural: foibe or foibas) β€” jama ) in South Slavic languages scientific and colloquial vocabulary β€” is a type of deep natural sinkhole, doline, or sink, and is a collapsed portion of bedrock above a void. Sinks may be a sheer vertical opening into a cave or a shallow depression of many hectares. They are common in the Karst region shared by Italy and Slovenia, as ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foiba

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