karst
Americannoun
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Origin of karst
1900–05; < German, generic use of Karst, name of limestone plateau north of Trieste
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More than one billion people around the world rely on water from karst springs.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
Until this latest discovery on Muna, all the paintings in Sulawesi had come from the Maros Pangkep karst in the island's south west.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
The former are “good” sinkholes: “About 700 million people worldwide depend on karst aquifers as their sole or primary source of water, including many millions in the USA,” Veni says.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025
The karst lands are so embedded in our cultural sense of place, we’ve got our own map of chthonic legends.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2023
Our first work will be to cultivate the whole ground, say from four to six inches deep, ploughing between the rows, and hoeing around the vines with a two-pronged German hoe, or karst.
From The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines by Husmann, George
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