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Natural sinkholes

A hole with a diameter of m. 26 in the Municipality of Andria (BT) the farmers are unable to fill it up.
Natural Sinkholes are huge sub-circular chasms that open up in the grounds within a few hours.
For many years ISPRA has been studying the causes of these phenomena, which are more frequent than we might think, and carries out the census at the national level.