The sinkhole spans an area nearly three football fields long and is deep enough to hide the Washington Monument. Explorers descended into the pit, where they found ancient trees and other plant life.
CHINA
<strong>Forest found in sinkhole</strong>
An ancient forest has been found at the bottom of a giant sinkhole, with trees up to 40m tall. Scientists believe it could contain undiscovered plant and animal species. Cave explorers in the southern Guangxi Province alerted scientists when they found the sinkhole, which had a primitive forest inside. Among 30 sinkholes in Leye County this is the largest, at 306m long, 150m wide and 192m deep. Zhang Yuanhai (張遠海), a senior engineer at the Institute of Karst Geology of the China Geological Survey, told Xinhua news agency that the site had three caves in its walls
Cave explorers in southern China may have found the modern-day equivalent of The Lost World.At the bottom of the newly discovered 630-foot deep sinkhole lies a hidden forest, lush with shoulder-high flora and tall trees.Researchers also think there may be new species of animals and plants within the sinkhole, which is made up of three