Definition of karst
: an irregular limestone region with sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns
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Above the surface, Raja Ampat's dramatic karst topography -- think southern Thailand without a thousand hotels -- is ripe for jungle walks and rock climbing.
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The destruction of karsts at the hands of cement companies, developers and tourists is a problem throughout the region.
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Sixteen lakes stretch over a portion of the park, and they've been made breathtakingly beautiful by what is known as karst processes.
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The karsts are full of nooks and crannies that have nurtured highly specialized plants and animals found nowhere else.
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The Edwards Plateau is a land of karst, a term for rock, typically limestone, dissolved into caves and pits.
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The Li River, China, to see the fantastic tower karst that appears in much Chinese art 48.
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Origin and Etymology of karst
German, from Slovene dialect or Croatian dialect kras, kars, type of rock, region composed of such rock
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playDefinition of Karst for English Language Learners
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: area in Slovenia and Italy
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