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3.2 - Caves and Limestone Features

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  • ✓Describe limestone landforms such as dolines (sinkholes) and dry valleys.
  • ✓Explain why, in many limestone areas, rivers flow underground in caves.
  • ✓Explain how stalagmites, stalactites and other cave features form.
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Imagine walking in a valley… but there is no river. Then you hear water… underground! Limestone landscapes can ‘hide’ their drainage like a secret plumbing system. Caves are natural laboratories: they record the drip-by-drip story of climate and chemistry.
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