Ensor Sink Natural Area - Cookeville, TN
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ggmorton
N 36° 09.021 W 085° 30.307
16S E 634478 N 4001659
A sinkhole located in the Ensor Sink Natural Area in Cookeville, TN.
Waymark Code: WM16VEK
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/10/2022
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"Ensor Sink is a sinkhole with a large opening where Breedings Mill Branch canal drains into an inaccessible cave. The opening is called a swallet, a place where water is swallowed into the earth.
Except during periods of heavy rain, it does not look like water is draining into the swallet. That is because the water that flows down the Breedings Mill Branch canal and under the Clover Hill Drive Bridge normally sinks into loose rocks a short distance beyond the concrete canal. The water then flows underground until it joins the permanent pool of water just inside the Ensor Sink swallet. During heavy rain when there is a much larger volume of water flowing, the excess water flows above ground down the rock-lined channel that leads to the swallet."
From: Pictured sign.
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