A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
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
karst — karstic, adj. /kahrst/, n. Geol. an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams. [1900 05; < G, generic use of Karst, name of limestone plateau north of Trieste] * * * ▪ geology terrain usually… … Universalium
South China Karst — Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = South China Karst State Party = Type = Natural Criteria = vii, viii ID = 1248 Region = Asia Pacific Year = 2007 Session = 31th Extension = Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1248The South China Karst, a UNESCO… … Wikipedia
Moravian Karst — (Moravský Kras) Protected Area Punkevní jeskyně, one of the most popular caves in the region … Wikipedia
Woodville Karst Plain Project — The Woodville Karst Plain Project or WKPP, grew out of a cave diving research and exploration group established in 1985 (by Bill Gavin and Bill Main, later joined by Parker Turner, Lamar English and Bill McFaden, at the time the chairman of the… … Wikipedia
polygonal karst — 1. A karst area where the surface is completely pitted with closed depressions, the divides of which form a crudely polygonal network. Especially common in humid tropical cone karst terrain, but also found in well formed temperate doline karst … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
crevice karst — An intricate irregular crevice system that has formed by solution widening of closely spaced joints. Crevices may be as much as 6 meters across and 20 meters deep. Especially well developed near rivers in lowland New Guinea [10] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Mlava — The Mlava (Serbian Cyrillic: Млава) is the river in Serbia, 158 km long right tributary of the Danube. Contents 1 Origin 2 Upper course (Homolje region) 3 Middle course (Mlava region) … Wikipedia
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
List of Golden Sun characters — The protagonists of 2001 s Golden Sun, clockwise from top: Mia, Ivan, Isaac and Garet. The following is a list of characters from Camelot Software Planning s Golden Sun series of console role playing games, consisting of 2001 s Golden Sun for … Wikipedia
