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A type of topography that is formed on limestone, gypsum, and other rocks
by dissolution, and that is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and
underground drainage. Etymol. German, from the Yugoslavian territory Krs;
type locality, a limestone plateau in the Dinaric Alps of northwestern
Yugoslavia and northeastern Italy. First published on a topographic map,
Ducatus Carnioliae, in 1774. Adj. karstic. Syn: karst topography AGI
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