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Description: Surface water-Groundwater (SW-GW) interaction , August 2002. Entire flow of Alapaha River near Jennings 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).
Title: AlapahaRiver2002
Credit: USGS Surface Water Photo Gallery[1], item 14 01.
Author: Stewart Tomlinson, Florida
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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