KARST


Meaning of KARST in English

[ kα:st ]

■ noun Geology landscape which is underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing towers, fissures, sinkholes, etc.

Derivatives

~ic adjective

Origin

C19: from Ger. Karst , the name of a limestone region in Slovenia.

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