1) Area likely to have sinkholes 2) Eroded lime- stone terrain 3) German geological term 4) Karst formation 5) Limestone cavern phenomenon 6) Limestone formation 7) Limestone landscape 8) Limestone region 9) Limestone terrane 10) Limestone topography
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landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite.
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A rocky outcrop formation usually limestone related
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rough limestone country with underground drainage
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(from the article `Bosnia and Herzegovina`) ...and Raduša, run in a northwest-southeast direction. The highest peak, reaching 7,828 feet (2,386 metres), is Magli, near the border with ... ...underground rivers, and the absence of surface streams and lakes. It results from the excavating effects of underground water on massive solub...
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terrain usually characterized by barren, rocky ground, caves, sinkholes, underground rivers, and the absence of surface streams and lakes. It results ... [9 related articles]
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Terrain with special landforms and drainage characteristics due to greater solubility of certain rocks (notably carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite or magnesite) in natural waters. Derived from the geographical name 'krs' from part of the karst terrain in Slovenia.
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Features of karst landscapes. (1) phreatic zone; (2) sinkhole or doline; (3) polje; (4) vadose region; (5) swallow holes; (6) vauclusian spring; (7) limestone pavement; (8) kamenitza A limestone topography (named after the Karst region of Slovenia), which typically includes collapsed caverns, si...
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Collective term for the land forms and subterranean features found in areas with relatively thin soils underlain by limestone or other soluble rocks; characterized by many sinkholes separated by steep ridges or irregular hills. Tunnels and caves formed by dissolution of the bedrock by groundwater honeycomb the subsurface. Named for the region aroun...
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A topography characterized by caves, sinkholes, disappearing streams, and underground drainage. Karst forms when groundwater dissolves pockets of limestone, dolomite, or gypsum in bedrock.
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A landscape that is characterized by the features of solution weathering and erosion in the subsurfa
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A geologic formation of irregular limestone deposits with sinks, underground streams, and caverns.
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A rocky outcrop formation usually limestone related
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Landform type with limestone bedrock and dominated by geomorphic features created from solution chemical weathering.
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A type of topography formed by dissolution of rocks like limestone and gypsum that is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and subterranean passages.
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n. A type of topography formed by dissolution of rocks like limestone and gypsum that is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and subterranean passages.
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n. A type of topography formed by dissolution of rocks like limestone and gypsum that is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and subterranean passages.
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See under soil type and Kras Teran.
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A geologic formation of irregular limestone deposits with sinks, underground streams, and caverns.
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Landscape characterized by remarkable surface and underground forms, created as a result of the action of water on permeable limestone. The feature takes its name from the Karst (meaning dry) region on the Adriatic coast of Slovenia and Croatia, but the name is applied to landscapes throughout the world, the most dramatic of which is found near the...
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A landscape that develops from the action of ground water in areas of easily soluble rocks. Characterized by caves, underground drainage and sinkholes.
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Areas with shallow ground water, caverns, and sinkholes.
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The term given to a distinctive landscape created by the solution and erosion of a soluble rock such as limestone. Water is an essential ingredient in the formation of the characteristic topographical features (dolines, caves, dry valleys, etc).
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an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
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refers to limestone landscapes marked by bluffs, caverns and escarpments established by the dissolution of slightly acidic water coursing over soluble bedrock.
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