The Chocolate Hills are a geological formation in the Philippine province of Bohol, comprising a minimum of 1,260 hills and possibly more than 1,776, spread across an area of over 50 square kilometers. The hills are covered in grass that turns from green to chocolate-brown during the dry season, giving the formation its name.
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The Chocolate Hills are a geological formation in the Philippine province of Bohol.
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The domes vary in size from 30 to 50 meters (98 to 164 ft) high, with the largest being 120 meters (390 ft) in height.
Shaped By: Karstification, Formation statement for target 265955
These conical hills are geomorphological features called cockpit karst, which were created by a combination of the dissolution of limestone by rainfall, surface water, and groundwater, and their subaerial erosion by streams after they had been uplifted above sea level and fractured by tectonic processes.
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