FLORIDA'S
HIGHEST WATERFALL
Falling Waters
You
are looking at the highest waterfall in Florida 73 feet. This is not a typical fall because here the water flows into a sinkhole. |
During a summer thunderstorm you may see a raging torrent cascading ovcer the edge. In a drought, the water may slow to a trickle. |
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Over the thousands of years, water containing a weak, natural acid, seeped through cracks in the soft limestone. Below the surface, the rock dissolved, forming underground cavities. Eventually the roof collapsed, resulting in the sinkhole. |
This limestone formed over 20 million years ago from animal shells and sand deposited on the ocean floor when the sea covered most of Florida. |