This simulation demonstrates how slightly acidic rainwater gradually dissolves limestone bedrock to create sinkholes, underground caves, and mineral formations over time.
Adjust the rainfall acidity and simulation speed, then watch as water carves channels through the rock layer, forming sinkholes on the surface and stalactites and stalagmites underground.
Sliders control rainwater acidity and simulation speed while buttons let you reset the terrain or toggle a cross-section view of the underground cave system.
Did you know that karst landscapes cover roughly ten to twenty percent of Earth's ice-free land, and that a single stalactite can take thousands of years to grow just a few centimeters?
This simulation demonstrates how slightly acidic rainwater gradually dissolves limestone bedrock to create sinkholes, underground caves, and mineral formations over time.
This simulation demonstrates how slightly acidic rainwater gradually dissolves limestone bedrock to create sinkholes, underground caves, and mineral formations over time.
Adjust the rainfall acidity and simulation speed, then watch as water carves channels through the rock layer, forming sinkholes on the surface and stalactites and stalagmites underground.
Did you know that karst landscapes cover roughly ten to twenty percent of Earth's ice-free land, and that a single stalactite can take thousands of years to grow just a few centimeters?