2. Noun. (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage. ¹
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Definition of Karst
1. a limestone region [n -S] : KARSTIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Karst
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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