A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
allogenic drainage — a karst drainage derived from surface runoff coming from adjacent impermeable rocks. Also called allochthonous drainage. See also autochthonous drainage … Dictionary of ichthyology
allochthonous drainage — a karst drainage derived from surface runoff coming from adjacent impermeable rocks. Also called allogenic drainage. See also autochthonous drainage … Dictionary of ichthyology
authogenic drainage — karst drainage derived entirely from absorption of precipitation into karst rock surface. Also called autogenic or autochthonous drainage. See also allogenic drainage … Dictionary of ichthyology
autochthonous drainage — karst drainage derived entirely from absorption of precipitation into karst rock surface. Also called autogenic drainage. See also allogenic drainage … Dictionary of ichthyology
autogenic drainage — karst drainage derived entirely from absorption of precipitation into karst rock surface. Also called autochthonous drainage. See also allogenic drainage … Dictionary of ichthyology
autogenic drainage — Underground karst drainage that is derived entirely by absorption of meteoric water into the karst rock surface [9]. Synonym: autochthonous drainage. See also allogenic drainage … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
allochthonous drainage — Less common synonym for allogenic drainage [9] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
input point — Points where water enters an underground drainage route or aquifer. An obvious type of input point is a surface sink or swallow hole, where allogenic drainage has direct access to a conduit system within a carbonate aquifer. Less obvious are… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
inland water ecosystem — ▪ biology Introduction complex of living organisms in free water on continental landmasses. Inland waters represent parts of the biosphere within which marked biological diversity, complex biogeochemical pathways, and an array of… … Universalium
karst valley — 1. Valleys in karst are normally distinctive due to the lack of integrated surface drainage. Most are either blind (due to being closed where the drainage sinks underground), headless or pocket (where a river emerges from a spring) or dry… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
