Zhang Yuanhai was part of a team that explored an even larger sinkhole found in Guangxi five years ago. This latest discovery brings the region's number of such sinkholes to 30, Xinhua reported.

China sinkholes: Why country is host to some of world’s most dramatic craters. Latest discovery of a sinkhole housing an entire forest in Guangxi takes the number in a single county there to 30 ...

Located primarily in Guangxi province, these sinkholes, known locally as “tiankeng” or “heavenly pits”, have become a popular attraction for tourists eager to experience the ancient and ...

The sinkhole was discovered by cave explorers outside Ping'e village in Leye County, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A team of explorers descended into the pit on May 6, where they ...

The pit is one of 30 known sinkholes located in Leye County, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Pictured here is another sinkhole in the area.

The couple stands on the edge of the sheer limestone cliff. More than 100 metres (328ft) beneath them is a lost world of ancient forests, plants and animals. All they can see is leafy tree tops ...

From China's Heavenly Pit, which stretches down 2,172 feet, to the Devil's Sinkhole in Texas that is home to three million bats — here are some of the world's deepest known sinkholes.

Sunlight scatters as it passes through the giant karst sinkhole, also called tiankeng, or "heavenly pit," Oct. 6, 2023, in Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. (Zeng Xiangzhong/VCG ...

In November 2019, Xinhua Net reported the discovery of a giant cluster of 49 sinkholes in a 230-square-mile patch of land in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Sinkholes in China's Guangxi province have become a tourist attraction The couple stands on the edge of the sheer limestone cliff. More than 100 metres (328ft) beneath them is a lost world of ...

Sinkholes are rare. China - and Guangxi particularly - has so many because of the abundance of limestone. When an underground river slowly dissolves the surrounding limestone rock, it creates a ...