karst
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- noun
- /kɑrst/
- Specialized
- Thousands of small islands and standing stacks, or karsts, overgrown with green shrubbery, protrude from this peaceful bay.
- limestone karst
- karst and caves
Examples
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"Not coral, but karst," Wally corrected her.
Fiction book (1998) -
The uplands are covered with karst features such as dolines and steep karst hills.
Academic text (2002) -
The waters of the Bath rise through the karst, the heart of stone.
Fiction book (1996) -
The karst rocks are more than 270 million years old.
Blog text (31) -
The material had probably washed into the cave from the nearby Ma River, which in ancient times meandered right alongside the karst tower.
Academic text (1991) -
The International Academy of Karst Sciences will be housed at the world's oldest karst research institute in Postojna, Slovenia.
Blog text (15) -
The sight of the scattered jungle-covered outcrops of karst rising up from the emerald water is unforgettable.
Blog text (1) -
The park is famous for its unique karst formations, which include deep caves and sinkholes.
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Tourists often explore the karst landscape to see the stunning underground rivers and caverns.
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In the karst region, the rapid erosion of limestone creates dramatic cliffs and rock formations.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Karst comes from the name of the Karst region in Slovenia, where the local name Kras means 'rocky'. So karst now names a type of land shaped by water in rock, with caves, sinkholes and underground rivers.