tropical karst

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• 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

• karst cone —    A conically shaped residual hill in karst with a rounded top and relatively steep, convex (e.g., parabolic) side slopes, commonly in tropical climates.    Compare: karst tower, mogote.    SW & WW …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• karst topography —    Topography dominated by features of solutional origin [10].    Geomorphically, the dominant features usually but not always obviously present, are sinkholes and caves. In tropical regions, karst towers (e.g. mogotes) may also dominate the… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• cockpit karst —    (Jamaican.)    1. Term describing an area containing numerous scattered, yet closely spaced dolines; generally a tropical karst land form. The corresponding Yugoslav term may more accurately be translated as ‘pock marked’ karst.    2. Tropical …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• pinnacle karst —    1. Tropical karst characterized by vertical rock blades fretted sharped by dissolution. It is practically indistinguishable from arête karst and tsingi, and includes the varieties known as shilin. The Pinnacles in the Mulu karst of Saraway… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• 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

• kegel karst —    A general name used to describe several types of humid tropical karst landscapes characterized by numerous, closely spaced cone (cone karst), hemispherical (halbkugelkarst), or tower shaped (tower karst) hills with vertical or near vertical… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• cockpit karst —    A karst landscape dominated by subsurface drainage and serrate or star shaped depressions (cockpits) that range widely in size and density but typically are considerably larger than sinkholes (dolines), and are separated by intermediate… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• cone karst —    1. A karst landscape dominated by low conical (or hemispherical) hills that forms only in wet tropical climates. The type example is Gunung Sewu in Java. Individual hills are remarkably uniform, each some few hundred meters in diameter and… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst — Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst State Party = HUN and SVK Type = Natural Criteria = viii ID = 725 858 Region = Europe and North America Year = 1995 Session = 19th Extension = 2000 Link =… …   Wikipedia

• polygonal karst —    1. A karst area where the surface is completely pitted with closed depressions, the divides of which form a crudely polygonal network. Especially common in humid tropical cone karst terrain, but also found in well formed temperate doline karst …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology