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Alapaha River Flows into Sinkhole

By Water Science School August 2002 (approx.)
Entire flow of Alapaha River near Jennings going into sinkhole to Floridan Aquifer.
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Surface water-Groundwater (SW-GW) interaction , August 2002. Entire flow of Alapaha River near Jennings, Florida going into sinkhole to Floridan Aquifer. Sinkholes are one of a variety of properties of Karst topographies and carstic underground water systems that develope world wide in water soluble (chemically soluble) rocks (in Florida: carbonate rocks).

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