A karst window, also known as a karst fenster, is a geomorphic feature found in karst landscapes where an underground river is visible from the surface...
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Karst (/kɑːrst/) is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by...
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List of sinkholes (category Dinaric karst formations)
caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. Some are caused by karst processes—for example, the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks or suffosion...
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Devil's Den is formed by a karst window, in which the roof over a subterranean river has collapsed, exposing the water to the open surface, near Williston...
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needed] Grand Gulf State Park, just west of Thayer, includes a karst window, a collapsed karst canyon.[citation needed] Oregon County was created in 1845...
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The Eramosa Karst is a provincially significant Earth Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest in Ontario, Canada, located in Stoney Creek, a constituent...
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Cedar Sink (section Karst topography)
precipitation events. Exposure of the subsurface stream makes Cedar Sink a karst window or Karst fenster. Cedar Sink is derived chiefly from two similar-sized sub-basins:...
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43855. Short Creek is described by the Kentucky Geological Survey as a karst window, a short section of watercourse, formerly geologically underground, that...
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This is in the main entrance of Snail Shell Cave in Tennessee. It is a Karst Window entrance, where a collapse has occurred into the middle of a cave stream...
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shrine built into a Karst Window, known as the Schnurbusch Karst Window, allowing the view of an underground spring. This Karst Window is the result of the...
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Karst Underwater Research (KUR) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that specializes in the research and documentation of karst aquifers...
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natural bridges, and karst lakes. skylight in sanmenhai is also called karst window(tiankeng) by Chinese, it is sinkhole-like formation, but differ from...
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Guilin (redirect from Kweilin Karst)
located in the region. The city has long been renowned for its scenery of karst topography. Guilin is one of China's most popular tourist destinations,...
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as too long by postal authorities. Stab is noted as the location of a karst window formation, Short Creek. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information...
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of Krubera (Voronya) Cave, is one of the largest high-mountain limestone karst massifs in the Western Caucasus. It is composed of Lower Cretaceous and...
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likely to be sheltering there. The so-called "catfish hotel" sinkhole and karst window near the main spring remains open year-round with access to these caverns...
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National Speleological Society (redirect from Journal of Cave and Karst Studies)
number of publications, including: NSS News, monthly Journal of Cave and Karst Studies (quarterly), formerly NSS Bulletin (from 1940 to 1995). Membership...
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(WV DEP), caving organizations and local landowners, the Germany Valley Karst Survey (GVKS) was contracted to pursue a survey of the extent of the cave...
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Germany Valley (redirect from Germany Valley Karst Area)
Germany Valley Karst Area, in 1973 by the National Park Service. The NPS cited it as "one of the largest cove or intermountain karst areas in the country...
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Cenote (category Karst caves)
the features in Yucatán, has since been applied by researchers to similar karst features in other places such as in Cuba, Australia, Europe, and the United...
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Woodville Karst Plain Project or WKPP, is a project and organization that maps the underwater cave systems underlying the Woodville Karst Plain. This...
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Uvala (landform) (category Dinaric karst formations)
Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. In geosciences it denotes a closed karst depression, a terrain form usually of elongated or compound structure and...
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case of the Sawmill Sink in the Bahamas. Blue holes are formed through Karst processes and require a specific type of topography. Rocks such as limestone...
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Otjikoto Lake (category Karst lakes)
lakes in Namibia. It is a sinkhole lake that was created by a collapsing karst cave. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Tsumeb and only...
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Handicapped Divers (IAHD) Quintana Roo Speleological Survey (QRSS) Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP) Diving tourism industry Dive center Diving in East...
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Cave conservancy A specialized land trust that primarily manages caves or karst features in the United States. Cave digging The practice of enlarging undiscovered...
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blown through an airplane passenger window. The first occurred in 1973 when debris from an engine failure struck a window roughly midway in the fuselage....
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In diving and decompression, the oxygen window is the difference between the partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) in arterial blood and the PO2 in body tissues...
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Investigations by this expedition confirmed the hole's origin as typical karst limestone formations, formed before rises in sea level in at least four...
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name of a karst field situated in the eastern half of today's Kosovo and the site of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo Field. The name of the karst field was...
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