Types
The slit-trench latrine is the simplest type of pit toilet, consisting of a relatively shallow (3-6 feet/1-2 metres in depth) trench narrow enough to stand with one leg on either side. This type is used either by squatting, with the users' legs straddling the pit, or by various arrangements for sitting or leaning against a support structure. Such support may vary from the simplest forms such as a log, plank, branch or similar arrangement placed at right angles to the long axis of the pit.
A cathole is a one-time use pit toilet often utilized by campers, hikers and other outdoor recreationalists. In Australia and New Zealand a rudimentary toilet consisting of a small outhouse over a pit is called a "long drop."
In some former Soviet Union regions, particularly in Asia, pit toilets were called Stalin's footprints (Russian: следы Сталина), after the characteristic platform — mass-produced in Soviet times — with a hole and recognisable pits for feet on each side.
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