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Meaning of karst | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
kɑːst

Definitions

  1. A mountainous karst plateau in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia; in full, Karst Plateau.
  2. A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.

Equivalents

Bosanski kras krš крш
Català carst
Čeština kras
Deutsch Karst
Esperanto karsto
Español karst malpaís
Suomi Karst karsti karstimaa
Français karst
Gaeilge boireann carst
Hrvatski kras krš крш
Magyar karszt
Հայերեն կարստ
Íslenska karst
Italiano carso
日本語 カルスト
Nederlands karst
Polski kras krasowy
Português carso carste
Русский карст крас
Slovenščina kras
Српски kras krš крш

Examples

“In the time available to us on our geomorphological tour we were not able to see the higher and younger karsts of Kweichow and Yunnan and Kunming.”
“The shells are just 0.04 inch (one millimeter) long and were found on a karst formation where conditions are damp, but the snails that inhabit them have yet to be observed.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Karst Shepherd karst spring karstenite Karstens karstic karstification

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