Karst topography — is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite. Due to subterranean drainage, there may be very limited surface water, even to the absence of all rivers and… … Wikipedia
Gypsum — Infobox mineral name = Gypsum category = Mineral boxwidth = boxbgcolor = caption = Desert rose, 10 cm long formula = Calcium Sulfate CaSO4·2H2O molweight = color = White to grey, pinkish red habit = Massive, flat. Elongated and generally… … Wikipedia
karst — (Internationally used term, originally the German form of the Slavic word kras or krš, meaning a bleak waterless place; it is the German name for a district east of Trieste having such terrane.) A terrane, generally underlain by limestone or… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
karst — A kind of topography formed in limestone, gypsum, or other soluble rocks by dissolution, and that is characterized by closed depressions, sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage. Various types of karst can be recognized depending upon the… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
karst hydrology — 1. The branch of hydrology dealing with hydrological phenomena on and in regions and areas composed totally or in part of rocks which are soluble in water, such as limestones, dolomites, gypsum, and halite [20]. 2. The drainage phenomena of … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
karst drainage pattern — A drainage pattern that lacks an integrated drainage system associated with soluble rocks with little or no surface drainage but a considerable underground, internal drainage system; characteristic of karst landscapes underlain by limestone,… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
interstratal karst — ; interstratal karstification 1. Features formed by the dissolutional removal of all or part of a buried rock unit. Interstratal karst features are common within highly soluble evaporite rocks such as gypsum and halite, and may be equally… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
cave — cavelike, adj. /kayv/, n., v., caved, caving. n. 1. a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc. 2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine. 3. Eng. Hist. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a… … Universalium
Optymistychna Cave — Coordinates: 48°44′33″N 25°59′37″E / 48.7425°N 25.99361°E / 48.7425; 25.99361 Optymistychna (Ukrainian … Wikipedia
Südharzstrecke — The Südharzstrecke (also called Südharzbahn) is a railway route through Niedersachsen and Thuringen, Germany. It runs from Northeim to Nordhausen, via Herzberg am Harz, Bad Lauterberg Barbis, Bad Sachsa, Walkenried and Ellrich. The line is… … Wikipedia
