The Xiaozhai Tiankeng (小寨天坑), also known as the Xiaozhai Heavenly Pit, is the world's deepest sinkhole. [1] It is located in Fengjie County of Chongqing Municipality in China.

Deep in China's Fengjie County lies a natural wonder that has fascinated experts for decades. The Xiaozhai Tiankeng sinkhole is vast. Probably formed centuries ago by collapsing caves and...

2024年5月24日 · China's southwestern karst landscape is pockmarked with dozens of enormous sinkholes that look like they were made with a cookie cutter — and scientists keep finding new ones.

2025年1月27日 · Fengjie County, in the Chongqing Municipality, is where you'll find Xiaozhai Tiankeng, the world's largest and deepest sinkhole — a gaping, enormous titan that extends an estimated 2,165 feet into the earth.

2022年5月20日 · Cave explorers stumbled upon a prehistoric forest at the bottom of a giant sinkhole in South China earlier this month. Sinkholes such as these are also known in Chinese as Tiankeng, or...

2022年11月17日 · But one thing is for certain: measuring 660m deep, with a volume of 130 million cubic metres, China's Xiaoxhai Tiankeng is both the deepest and largest sinkhole in the world.

2018年10月23日 · A expedition to explore a giant sinkhole in the forest of Guangxi, China has resulted in the discovery of a tremendous cave hall complex under the ground. The ground beneath our feet hides many surprises.

2022年5月11日 · This giant karst sinkhole, also called a tiankeng, has plants growing at the bottom in Luoquanyan Village of Xuan'en County, central China's Hubei Province.

2024年11月22日 · Two years ago, scientists in Southwestern China discovered life was teaming inside a gigantic sinkhole, situated in the Leye-Fengshan Global Geopark in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the country.

2022年5月18日 · Cave explorers in southern China have found a 630-foot deep sinkhole with massive trees, tall plants and some potential new species within.