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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

Čeština kras
Deutsch Karst
Español karst malpaís
Suomi Karst karsti
Français karst
Italiano carso
日本語 カルスト
Nederlands karst
Polski kras
Português carso carste
Русский карст крас

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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