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karst plain

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  • karst plain —    1. Large flat surface in karst formed by erosion and corrosion [20].    2. A plain on which closed depressions, subterranean drainage, and other karst features may be developed. Also called karst plateau [10].    Synonyms: (French.) plateau… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • Woodville Karst Plain Project — The Woodville Karst Plain Project or WKPP, grew out of a cave diving research and exploration group established in 1985 (by Bill Gavin and Bill Main, later joined by Parker Turner, Lamar English and Bill McFaden, at the time the chairman of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Woodville Karst Plain — The Woodville Karst Plain is a 450 square mile karst area that runs from Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico and includes numerous first magnitude springs, including Wakulla Springs, and the Leon Sinks Cave System, the longest… …   Wikipedia

  • 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 tower —    An isolated, separate hill or ridge in a karst region consisting of an erosional remnant of limestone or other sedimentary rocks with vertical or near vertical, convex side slopes and commonly surrounded by an alluvial plain, lagoon, or deep… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • karst margin plain —    A plain generally on limestone between higher country of limestone on one side and of less pervious rocks on the other, but having a cover of impervious detritus, which allows surface drainage [10] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • karst tower —   in areas of carboniferous limestone where certain portions of the rock contains fewer weaknesses, especially joints, then weathering of these portions will be slower than the surrounding rock mass, eventually leaving them standing separately as …   Geography glossary

  • Slovak Karst — The Slovak Karst ( sk. Slovenský kras) is one of the mountain ranges of the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains in the Carpathians in southern Slovakia. It consists of a complex of huge karst plains and plateaus. Since 1973 it was a protected landscape …   Wikipedia

  • Nullarbor Plain — Nullarbor redirects here. For other uses, see Nullarbor (disambiguation). NASA Visible Earth, Nullarbor. The true Nullarbor is the light tan semi circular area adjacent to the coast. Image acquired by the Terra (satellite) on 19 August 2002 The… …   Wikipedia

  • tower karst —     a) A type of tropical karst topography characterized by isolated, steep sided, residual limestone hills or ridges with vertical or near vertical walls, and may be relatively flat topped; commonly surrounded by a flat alluvial plain or lagoons …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • Mitchell Plain — The Mitchell Plain is a karst area of relatively low relief. The extensive underlying cave system developed in Mississippian age limestone bedrock. Surface drainage is rare due to most streams in the area disappearing into caves or joints within… …   Wikipedia

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