The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #93901   Message #1811779
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
16-Aug-06 - 09:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: some places the earth falls in
Subject: RE: BS: some places the earth falls in
Some time ago I saw a doco on the Dead Sea area - because of all the water being pulled out of the stream feeding it, the land is drying up as the water table falls. The subsequent leaching of the salt out of the soil is causing large numbers of sinkholes.