Depression (geology)

A watering hole is a natural depression where water collects and animals (such as these impala) come to drink.
A karstic closed depression with the permanent lake Stymfalia, in Peloponnese, Greece. Seasonal abundant precipitation is drained by three sinkholes.

In geology, a depression is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions form by various mechanisms.

This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.