swallow hole


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swallow hole

[′swäl·ō ‚hōl]
(geology)
An opening that occurs occasionally at the bottom of a sinkhole which permits direct drainage from the surface into an underground channel.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

swallow hole

A term occasionally used as a synonym for owl hole although swallow holes are usually smaller.
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As water levels fall, the overflow channels drain water on the floor back into swallow holes that line the overflow channels (Malott 1952).
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