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The Buraco das Araras Private Natural Heritage Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Buraco das Araras) is a privately operated conservation area in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. It takes its name from the Buraco das Araras (Hole of Macaws), a large sinkhole that is the main feature of the reserve.
Buraco das Araras - Dolina dos Maracanas (BR-020) (English: Hole of the Macaws) is one of the largest quartzitic caves located in the State of Goiás, Brazil.It is located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) west of Brasília and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the district of Bezerra, in the municipality of Formosa.
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The sinking of Maceió ground is a geological process of soil subsidence in several neighborhoods of the Brazilian city of Maceió, capital of the state of Alagoas, of an anthropogenic nature, caused by the inadequate exploitation and consequent collapse of the rock salt mines of the Brazilian mining company Braskem.
Outside Brazil, cachaça is used almost exclusively as an ingredient in tropical drinks (cocktails with cachaça), with the caipirinha being the most famous cocktail. Caipirinha: Brazil's national cocktail made with cachaça (sugar cane hard liquor), sugar, lime, and pieces of ice. [12] Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage.
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The region is pockmarked with natural sinkholes, called cenotes, which expose the water table to the surface. One of the most impressive of these is the Sacred Cenote, which is 60 metres (200 ft) in diameter [ 5 ] and surrounded by sheer cliffs that drop to the water table some 27 metres (89 ft) below.
A massive sink hole stretching 100 feet opened up in an Illinois park on Wednesday, swallowing a light pole in the middle of recreational fields and leaving a gaping, deep hole in its wake.