cave formation

collocation in English

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cave
noun[C]
uk
/keɪv/us
/keɪv/
a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that ...
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formation
noun
uk
/fɔːˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/fɔːrˈmeɪ.ʃən/
the way something is naturally made or the way it has ...
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Of special concern is his replacement of the one rapt figure gazing at acaveformationin the initial sketch by three figures in the lithograph.
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Cooling groundwater or mixing of different groundwaters will also create conditions suitable forcaveformation.
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The remaining two areas focus on the science ofcaveformation.
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As this is acaveformation, there is no provision to go around for the pradakshina.
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It has a great potential forcaveformation.
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The cave system is a karst and river typecaveformationand drains a 15 miles (38.8 km) sinkhole plain.
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Preferable conditions forcaveformationare adequate precipitation, enough plants and animals to produce ample carbon dioxide, and a landscape of gentle hills which drains slowly.
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However, the guests would often damage the cave formations by taking souvenirs.
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The cave is much alive and water droplets persistently fall upon the cave formations.
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Helictites are, perhaps, the most delicate of cave formations.
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Its five halls and 400 metres of corridors offer some of the most beautiful cave formations in the country.
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Stalactites, stalagmites, and other cave formations were formed from calcium carbonate left by dripping mineral water.
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The stalactites, stalagmites, and other cave formations grew from water dripping from the ceiling or flowing over the walls and leaving behind limestone deposits.
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Further in, a glistening mass of cave formations are lit from beneath the surface of a pool.
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After the water that formed the cave drained, speleothems (cave formations) began to form.
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Rimstone is one of the most common cave formations, after flowstone, stalactites, and stalagmites.
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Visitors should respect cave formations, and leave no garbage or human waste inside the cave.
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Many beautiful cave formations are present, such as stalactites, stalagmites, helictites and a large array of dazzling flowstone are present in the public section of the cave.
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The cave's chambers include examples of almost all known cave formations, including a lake nearly 40 yd long containing an estimated 45,000 impgal of crystal-clear water.
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