Definition of Karst

1. Noun. A mountainous region in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia. ¹

2. Noun. (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Karst

1. a limestone region [n -S] : KARSTIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Karst

karoos
karoshi
kaross
karosses
karpatite
karpholite
karpinskite
karree
karri
karris
karroo
karroos
karsey
karseys
karsies
karst (current term)
karstenite
karstic
karstification
karstifications
karstify
karstological
karstologist
karstologists
karstology
karsts
karsy
kart
karter
karters

Literary usage of Karst

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"RECENT PAPERS ON THE karst LANDSCAPE. A NUMBER of papers have recently appeared dealing with the physical characteristics of the ..."

2. Europe by George Goudie Chisholm (1899)
"The karst and Dalmatia In the south of Carniola there begins a region known as ... In its more limited application the karst is a stony desert lying to the ..."

3. A Popular History of the United States: From the First Discovery of the by William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay (1882)
"PORTRAIT OF JOHN G. WHITTIER J. karst .... 331 From a portrait taken in 1838. ... PORTRAIT OF JOHN TYLER F. karst.... 359 From Dick's print from a ..."

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