• Landform
  • Underground landform

foiba

1.

foiba : A deep wide vertical cavity or the swallow point of a river at the beginning of its underground course.

Monroe, 1970

2.

foiba : A natural vertical shaft in soluble rock, tending toward cylindrical shape; it may or may not reach the surface. A dome pit.

Monroe, 1970

FORM deep wide vertical cavity
tending toward cylindrical shape
vertical shaft
COMPOSITION in soluble rock
LOCATION may or may not reach the surface
FUNCTION the swallow point of a river at the beginning of its underground course