A type of topography marked by sinkholes, springs, disappearing streams indicating underground drainage in limestone caverns.
The typical surface terrain of a limestone region, characterised by an abundance of sinkholes and exposed rock outcrops.
an irregular limestone region with sinkholes, disappearing streams, underground streams, and caves.
A kind of terrain with characteristics of relief and drainage arising from a high degree of rock solubility. The majority of karst conditions occur in limestone areas, but karst may also occur in areas of dolomite, gypsum, or salt deposits. Features associated with karst terrain may include irregular topography, abrupt ridges, sinkholes, caverns, abundant springs, disappearing streams, and the lack of a well - developed surface drainage system of tributaries and streams.
A geologic formation of irregular limestone deposits with sinks, underground streams, and caverns.
A carbonate rock terrain where fractures have been enlarged by chemical solution or physical erosion.
describes the topography formed over certain rock types by dissolution. It is characterized by sinkholes caves, and underground streams
is a kind of relief (first described in Slovenia) with sinkholes, formed by collapse of underground caves.
The general term for landforms which includes caves, dolines (qv) and sculptured rock surfaces. Such landforms are formed in areas where solution processes, rather than mechanical erosion processes, predominate. Karst is most often seen in limestone.
an area of limestone or other highly soluble carbonate rock, in which the landforms are of dominantly solutional origin and in which the drainage is underground in solutionally enlarged fractures and conduits.
a limestone terrain characterized by sinks, caverns, abrupt ridges, protuberant rocks and drainage characteristics due to greater solubility of limestone in natural waters than is common. The term is derived from the geographical name of part of Slovenia A karst cave. Karst ecosystems are rich in water and mineral resources, and provide unique habitats to numerous fish and wildlife.(Photo: USFWS)
A landscape that is characterized by the features of solution weathering and erosion in the subsurface. These features include caves, sinkholes, disappearing streams and subsurface drainage.
The occurrence of limestone as the first bedrock unit beneath the soil in which cavities form due to the solubility of limestone under certain conditions. Surface characteristics include sinkholes and sinking streams
Topography formed over limestone or dolomite where there are sinkholes, caverns and springs.
Landform type with limestone bedrock and dominated by geomorphic features created from solution chemical weathering.
Topography that develops in areas underlain by soluble rocks, primarily limestones. Dissolution of subsurface strata results in areas of well-developed subsurface drainage characterized by sinkholes, collapsed channels, vertical shafts, and caves. The name derived from the Balkan region of Kras, where early karst research was conducted.
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 around Karst in the Dinaric Alps of Croatia where such features were first recognized and described.
Landforms created by solution of rock in which most of the drainage is by underground channels that may lead to the formation of caves. Normally refers to limestone karst but can occur in other rock types.
A limestome area, Carso, in Triest, where linestone landscapes were first described, now a general name for them
Terrain with special landforms & drainage characteristics due to greater solubility of certain rocks in natural waters than is common. Name derived from a province in Slovenia, where this type of landform was first described. Several types described.
An area possessing surface topography resulting from the underground solution of subsurface limestone or dolomite.
topography A type of topography that is formed over limestone, dolomite or gypsum by dissolution, and that is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage.
a limestone region with underground drainage and many cavities and passages caused by the dissolution of the rock
a limestone terrain with sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns
an unusual landscape feature that forms and develops in limestone or other water-soluble rocks by the percolation of rain water rich in carbonic acid which will dissolve the rock
limestone shaped by water
A limestone landscape that is char- acterized by sinks, underground streams, and caverns.
A distinctive topography that indicates dissolution of underlying soluble rocks by surface water or ground water.
A type of topography that is formed on limestone, dolomite, gypsum beds, and other rocks by dissolution and is characterized by closed depressions, sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage.
Longer Description An irregular limestone region with sinks, underground streams, and caverns. Term Acronym Source
A terrain, generally underlain by limestone or dolomite, in which the topography is formed chiefly by the dissolving of rock, and which may be characterized by sinkholes, sinking streams, closed depressions, subterranean drainage, and caves (Monroe, W.H., 1970, A glossary of karst terminology: U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Supply Paper 1899, 26 p). The term "terrain" implies that only the surface is considered, whereas "terrane" includes the subsurface (caves or aquifer) as a single system. Karst also forms on gypsum and salt bedrock, although not in Kentucky.
The typical surface terrain of a limestone region, characterized by an abundance of sinkholes, disappearing streams, exposed rock outcrops or ledges, and underground caverns. Karst is a German word, named for a noted limestone area of the former Yugoslavia. The Kras region is now mostly located in the southwestern part of Republic of Slovenia and very small part in western Italy, around the city of Trieste (where it is called Carso). See also Epikarst.
A geologic region characterized by layers of porous limestone containing sinkholes and underlain by caves and underground streams.
A distinctive landscape that develops where the underlying bedrock is partially dissolved by surface or ground water.
Areas with shallow ground water, caverns, and sinkholes.
is a geological term which describes the conditions existing in limestone formations containing solution filled cavities and voids.
a landscape or region characterized by rock dissolution.
A type of topography that is formed typically on limestone, primarily by dissolution, and that is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage. The topography of the Mitchell Plateau region of Indiana, which exends from Owen and Monroe Counties to Harrison County is mostly karst. Modified from Glossary of Geology, 4th Edition, 1997, American Geological Institute.
A distinctive landscape (topography) that can develop where the underlying bedrock, often limestone or marble, is partially dissoved by surface or ground water.
a land surface underlain by carbonate rocks that contains numerous sinkholes amprophyre – an igneous rock composed mainly of mica and feldspar; occurs as dikes
terrain (or topography) characterized by numerous sinkholes, swallow holes, springs, and caves formed by extensive dissolution of carbonate rocks.
A limestone landscape that has been eroded by slight acidity in water. This acidity is produced by decaying forest matter and creates dramatic natural caves, tunnels, arches, overhangs, underground rivers and falls, and a dangerous, potholed landscape.
A type of topography characterized by closed depressions, sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage. It is formed by the underground solution of limestone, dolomite, and other soluble rocks and the associated processes of subsidence and collapse.
n. A type of topography formed by dissolution of rocks like limestone and gypsum that is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and subterranean passages.
An area of limestone terrain characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
a type of terrain characterized by sinkholes, caves, disappearing streams, springs, rolling topography, and underground drainage systems. Such terrain is created by ground-water dissolving limestone.
An area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns. “Karst” is a Slovene/German word used to describe landscapes that are developed principally by chemical processes rather than physical processes. Such chemical processes usually consist of the erosion of limestone rock by acidic water. Water can become acidic as it moves through vegetation matter on the Earth's surface. While caves and caverns are characteristic features of karst areas, not all karst areas have caves.
Water-soluble limestone, dolomite, and gypsum beds in which water has dissolved underground cavities, producing fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns. Florida has numerous karst formations
An area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns. Jump to Top
A terrain or type of topography generally underlain by soluble rocks, such as limestone, gypsum, and dolomite, in which the topography is chiefly formed by dissolving the rock; karst is characterized by sinkholes, depressions, caves, and underground drainage.
Area of land lying over limestone and characterized by sinkholes, caves, and sinking streams.
a limestone plateau or region characterized by underground drainage, sinholes, rolling surfaces, and caverns. [AHDOS
area rock that has much dissolution