karst
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of karst
1900–05; < German, generic use of Karst, name of limestone plateau north of Trieste
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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
Pristine rivers and the soaring karst peaks of Guilin and Yangshuo in the north draw more than a million Chinese tourists each year.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
Giants once roamed the karst plains of southern China, three-metre tall apes weighing in at 250 kilograms.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
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 George Husmann
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