karst limestone

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• Karst topography — is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite. Due to subterranean drainage, there may be very limited surface water, even to the absence of all rivers and… …   Wikipedia

• karst water —    Water discharged from karst springs which posses characteristics, primarily that of calcium content, indicating solution during the passage of that water across and through karst limestone. That part of karst spring water which is derived from …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• karst — ► NOUN Geology ▪ landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing towers, fissures, sinkholes, etc. DERIVATIVES karstic adjective. ORIGIN from German der Karst, a limestone region in Slovenia …   English terms dictionary

• karst — [kärst] n. [Ger, after Karst, name of the hinterland of Trieste, altered < Slovenian Kras] a region made up of porous limestone containing deep fissures and sinkholes and characterized by underground caves and streams …   English World dictionary

• karst — name of a high, barren limestone region around Trieste; used by geologists from 1894 to refer to similar landforms. The word is the German form of Slovenian kras …   Etymology dictionary

• karst — karstic, adj. /kahrst/, n. Geol. an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams. [1900 05; < G, generic use of Karst, name of limestone plateau north of Trieste] * * * ▪ geology       terrain usually… …   Universalium

• Limestone — For other uses, see Limestone (disambiguation). Limestone Sedimentary Rock Limestone in Waitomo District, New Zealand Composition …   Wikipedia

• Limestone pavement — Detail of the large limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales between Ingleborough and Pen y ghent …   Wikipedia

• Karst — Turmkarst Landschaft, Guilin (China) Pinnac …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• karst —    (Internationally used term, originally the German form of the Slavic word kras or krš, meaning a bleak waterless place; it is the German name for a district east of Trieste having such terrane.) A terrane, generally underlain by limestone or… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• karst —    A kind of topography formed in limestone, gypsum, or other soluble rocks by dissolution, and that is characterized by closed depressions, sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage. Various types of karst can be recognized depending upon the… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms