subsidence
Earth slowly dropping
Subsidence is the gradual sinking or settling of ground or structures.
Land may subside due to mining, groundwater extraction, or natural geological processes: The city's subsidence has damaged foundations throughout the old quarter.
Buildings subside when their foundations shift.
The word also describes the diminishing of something—symptoms, floods, or emotions: We waited for the floodwaters to subside.
Falling through water
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- faultImperfection or blame
karst · tectonics · strata · bedrock · uplift · isostasy · lithosphere · delta
Decrease in force
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- reductionMaking something smaller
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
decline · waning · ebbing · receding · lowering · dropping · calming · quieting
Eroded soluble rock terrain
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- cavernLarge natural underground chamber
- voidWithout legal effect
- collapseSudden structural failure
underground · gypsum · dissolution · cavity · cenote · dropout
Underlying support structure
- cracksNarrow surface breaks
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- saggingBending downward weakly
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
differential · shoring · pilings · releveling · jacking · reinforcement · distortion · damage
Ocean surface benchmark
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
marsh · compaction · tidal · levee · reclamation · Jakarta · Venice · Bangkok
sinking
Falling through water
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
fault · karst · tectonics · strata · bedrock · uplift · isostasy · lithosphere · delta · sedimentation
abatement
Decrease in force
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- reductionMaking something smaller
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
lessening · decline · waning · ebbing · receding · lowering · dropping · calming · quieting · moderating
karst
Eroded soluble rock terrain
collapse · underground · gypsum · dissolution · cavity · cenote · dropout
foundation
Underlying support structure
underpinning · differential · shoring · pilings · releveling · jacking · reinforcement · distortion · damage · movement
sea-level
Ocean surface benchmark
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
delta · marsh · compaction · tidal · levee · reclamation · Jakarta · Venice · Bangkok · deltaic
extraction
Act of removing
pillar · overburden · coal · excavation · backfill · spoil · seam · pit · quarry · drawdown
- meteorologyweather, rain, wind, snow, clouds
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- infrastructure failuresbridge collapse, potholes, dam breach, power outage, water main breaks
- Coal Miningcoal mines, miners, coal seam, coal miners, underground mines
- Earth processesplate tectonics, erosion, weathering, volcanism, sedimentation
- coastal floodingsea level rise, storm surge, king tide, king tides, high tide
subsidencesurge
Sudden powerful increase
intensification · escalation · increase · growth · amplification
president, session, subside, insidious, sediment, reside, assiduous, subsidize, subsiding