How Deep Can Caves Get?

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Go to https://ground.news/earth for a better way to stay informed. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access to world-wide coverage through this link. CORRECTION: As some of you have pointed out, at 2:12 the narration should say "diamond-mesh coated rebar" not "diamond-coated rebar." It sounds awesome, but it doesn't make sense to reinforce the walls of a gold mine with minerals more expensive (and brittle) than gold. Krubera Cave, one of our planet’s deepest known caves, extends 2200 meters into the earth – that’s a depth of nearly six Empire State Buildings. Or at least, that's as far down as humans have been able to explore; there might be other undiscovered chambers that go down even farther. But the cave can't be that much deeper, because there's a limit – actually, three limits – to how deep caves on Earth can get. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Karst: landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing ridges, towers, fissures, sinkholes and other characteristic landforms. - Solutional cave: a cave usually formed in a soluble rock like limestone - Water table: the upper surface of the saturated zone underground, where all the pores and cracks in soil and rock are completely filled with water. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minu

Published 2025-09-19 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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