salt karst — ▪ geology solution phenomena occurring in rock salt (halite) by the action of groundwater. Although rock salt is considerably more soluble in water than is the calcite that forms karst topography, rock salt is impervious, and solution can… … Universalium
Salt therapy — Salt therapy, halotherapy or speleotherapy[1] is the therapeutic use of salt mines, caves or other forms of exposure to salt air. Contents 1 Salt mines and caves 2 Halogenerators 3 Saltpip … Wikipedia
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
Little Salt Spring — Infobox nrhp name = Little Salt Spring nrhp type = caption = Little Salt Spring location = Sarasota County, Florida nearest city = North Port built = added = July 10, 1979 visitation num = visitation year = governing body = Little Salt Spring is… … Wikipedia
playa — /pluy euh/, n. Western U.S. the sandy, salty, or mud caked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage, usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged, heavy rains. Cf. dry lake. [1850 55, Amer.; < Sp: shore < LL plagia;… … Universalium
halite — The mineral form of sodium chloride (NaC1), or rock salt. Halite occurs, sometimes to considerable thicknesses, in many buried rock successions, from which it has been extracted both by mining and by redissolving it in water pumped from and… … 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
river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… … Universalium
Principal national parks of the world — ▪ Table Principal national parks of the world Africa Europe and Russia Asia North America and the Caribbean Australia and Oceania South America Africa country national park date area description protected status national park status square miles… … Universalium
