karst

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.

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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.”

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