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Word: Karst
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from German der Karst, the name of a limestone region in Slovenia
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kɑːst
Dialects: British English
Definition:
landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing ridges, towers, fissures, sinkholes and other characteristic landforms
Short Definition:landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing ridges, towers, fissures
Examples:- it was strange country, broken into hummocks and karsts and mesas
- parts of the karst are barren and treeless
- volcanic topography superficially resembling true karst
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