karst
noun
ˈkärst 
: an irregular limestone region with sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns
karstic
ˈkär-stik
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Variations in the local geology, climate, and other factors affect the way a karst appears at the surface, says international cave expert George Veni in a news release. 
Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022 The spectacular karst formations in China have earned the region a UNESCO world heritage site designation. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022 Further in, stretched across the dirt, is an entrance to a cave — a karst that leads deep under the forest to the Edwards Aquifer. Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2022 There are 1,474 karst features throughout Camp Bullis, ranging from small cracks and crevices to slits in the earth, that deposit water into the recharge zone of the Edwards Aquifer. Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2022 Enshi contains a karst cave system with numerous bats in its 37 miles of passages. Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021 Kentucky and bluegrass go together like Sea and Biscuit, and the byway has plenty of both: The karst and phosphate-rich soil is the special sauce in raising prizewinning thoroughbreds. Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021 The telescope is located in Puerto Rico's karst region, which serves as an important water source and contains the island's richest biodiversity. DÁnica Coto, Star Tribune, 5 Mar. 2021 But thermokarst is far more unstable than limestone karst. Madeline Ostrander, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2020 See More
Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022 The spectacular karst formations in China have earned the region a UNESCO world heritage site designation. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022 Further in, stretched across the dirt, is an entrance to a cave — a karst that leads deep under the forest to the Edwards Aquifer. Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2022 There are 1,474 karst features throughout Camp Bullis, ranging from small cracks and crevices to slits in the earth, that deposit water into the recharge zone of the Edwards Aquifer. Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2022 Enshi contains a karst cave system with numerous bats in its 37 miles of passages. Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021 Kentucky and bluegrass go together like Sea and Biscuit, and the byway has plenty of both: The karst and phosphate-rich soil is the special sauce in raising prizewinning thoroughbreds. Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021 The telescope is located in Puerto Rico's karst region, which serves as an important water source and contains the island's richest biodiversity. DÁnica Coto, Star Tribune, 5 Mar. 2021 But thermokarst is far more unstable than limestone karst. Madeline Ostrander, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
German, from Slovene dialect or Croatian dialect kras, kars, type of rock, region composed of such rock
First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined above
Geographical Definition
Karst
geographical name
ˈkärst
variants or Kras
ˈkräs
or Italian Carso ˈkär-(ˌ)sō
limestone plateau northeast of the Istrian Peninsula in western Slovenia extending into eastern Italy
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