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Hammock Sink
Hammock Sink at the Leon Sinks Geological Area in the Apalachicola National Forest.
I wanted to see the Big Dismal Sink to check off on my list of visiting all things Dismal (I've already been to the Great Dismal Swamp). I'll have to say the Big Dismal Sink wasn't very Dismal, it was kind of festive, actually.
The whole area is riddled with limestone karst topography, making for a very spring- and sinkhole-laden landscape. I hiked on a four-mile loop trail that skirted the edges of these depressions that are filled with groundwater. A sink may have trees growing in it, but differs from a swamp as a sink is filled with groundwater, whereas a swamp is filled with surface water. If water goes down into a hole instead of from a hole, it's called a rise. The naming doesn't make any sense, sort of like how a towboat pushes barges whereas a tugboat pulls barges. I wasn't responsible for naming topographical features.
Hammock Sink
Hammock Sink at the Leon Sinks Geological Area in the Apalachicola National Forest.
I wanted to see the Big Dismal Sink to check off on my list of visiting all things Dismal (I've already been to the Great Dismal Swamp). I'll have to say the Big Dismal Sink wasn't very Dismal, it was kind of festive, actually.
The whole area is riddled with limestone karst topography, making for a very spring- and sinkhole-laden landscape. I hiked on a four-mile loop trail that skirted the edges of these depressions that are filled with groundwater. A sink may have trees growing in it, but differs from a swamp as a sink is filled with groundwater, whereas a swamp is filled with surface water. If water goes down into a hole instead of from a hole, it's called a rise. The naming doesn't make any sense, sort of like how a towboat pushes barges whereas a tugboat pulls barges. I wasn't responsible for naming topographical features.