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karst: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

● anchor · a landscape dissolved from within Nearest construct by meaning·not indexed
karst1 CONSTRUCTKarst terrainKARST · DISSOLUTION

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Geomorphology

Soluble rock dissolved into caves, sinks, and springs

In geomorphology, karst is the distinctive landscape that develops where soluble bedrock (most often limestone, dolomite, or gypsum) is slowly dissolved by slightly acidic water, producing sinkholes, closed depressions, caves, disappearing streams, and springs. Because so much drainage runs underground through enlarged fractures and conduits rather than over the surface, karst terrain behaves hydrologically unlike landscapes on insoluble rock, as Zerga's 2024 review of karst formation, processes, and landforms sets out. The referent is a landform assemblage and the dissolution process that creates it, characterised by surface features such as sinkholes and by rapid, conduit-dominated groundwater flow.[1]

Unit
The density of dissolution features and the degree of underground drainage development
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Characterised by sinkhole and depression mapping, cave and conduit surveys, dye tracing of underground flow, and spring-discharge monitoring

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References

  1. Zerga, B. (2024). Karst topography: Formation, processes, characteristics, landforms, degradation and restoration: A systematic review. Watershed Ecology and the Environment, 6, 252–269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsee.2024.10.003

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