A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
cockpit karst — (Jamaican.) 1. Term describing an area containing numerous scattered, yet closely spaced dolines; generally a tropical karst land form. The corresponding Yugoslav term may more accurately be translated as ‘pock marked’ karst. 2. Tropical … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
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
Kegelkarst — (German.) A general term used to describe several types of tropical humid karst characterized by numerous, closely spaced cone , hemispherical , or tower shaped hills having intervening closed depressions and narrow steep walled karst valleys… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Kugelkarst — See Halbkugelkarst … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
kegel karst — A general name used to describe several types of humid tropical karst landscapes characterized by numerous, closely spaced cone (cone karst), hemispherical (halbkugelkarst), or tower shaped (tower karst) hills with vertical or near vertical… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
