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In here, the creek coming from Pihla wetland disappears under the ground.\r\nIn summer, when the weather is dry, you can see a limestone bedrock and a little opening to a cave at the bottom of the sinkhole. During high water in spring, so much surface water gathers here that the crater is filled with it and some of it spills over to the surroundings so that the whole place is reminiscent of a little lake.\r\n\r\nThe water that disappears into the sinkhole re-surfaces on the ground 3 km away on an old pasture in Pihla village.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Karst is a geological phenomenon in which rainwater dissolves easily crumbling bedrock and is absorbed\u00a0 through fissures, creating underground cavities, caves, and even underground rivers. In Estonia, karst\u00a0 phenomena occur mainly in the areas where limestone and dolomites form the bedrock. Karst is wide-\u00a0 spread in Estonia, mainly in Northern, Central and Western Estonia, including the islands. Large sinkholes\u00a0 are called \u2018kurisu\u2019 in Estonian. They can be funnel-, bowl-, or saucer-shaped and often reach dozens of\u00a0 metres in diameter.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In Hiiumaa, the karst phenomenon occurs in several places, but the most magnificent of them is the\u00a0 Kurisu sinkhole. During spring \ufb02ooding, the whole funnel is full of water and resembles a small lake. The\u00a0 water \ufb02ows away through a small karst cave at the bottom of the funnel and an underground river.\u00a0 Sometimes, when the absorption is rapid, a vortex can be seen in the middle of the funnel.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Several legends are known about the sinkhole. The most common one is the story of a girl who is said to\u00a0 have taken oxen exhausted by working to drink at the sinkhole. The vortex happened to be so powerful\u00a0 that it swallowed the oxen with the load and the girl. 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