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What is the force that carves out underground caves from limestone?
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∙ 11y ago
Not really a "force", more a process.
Chemical weathering primarily. Some mechanical weathering and erosion in active stream passages once these have been enlarged enough to carry large volumes of water.
Rainwater acidified by absorbed atmospheric carbon dioxide sinks through the joints and other discontinuities in the limestone upland's mass, dissolving the calcium carbonate that is the rock's main constituent.
BTW you don't need the adjective. Caves are always underground!
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