Cavern

Shane B.

    cavern- (KAV-uhrn): underground passage formed when limestone is dissolved by carbonic acid in ground water

            Here you can see the "Hall of Giants" in the Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico.  Columns are created where stalactites and stalagmites meet and grow together.

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