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hyperkarst

hyperkarst noun: a very intensely developed karst landscape, where soluble rock such as limestone has been dissolved so extensively that the surface is dominated by features such as sinkholes, caves, underground drainage, and little or no surface streams.

Noun

hyperkarst

  1. A very intensely developed karst landscape, where soluble rock such as limestone has been dissolved so extensively that the surface is dominated by features such as sinkholes, caves, underground drainage, and little or no surface streams.

Origin of hyperkarst

From hyper- + karst.

Words formed from hyperkarst

Questions about hyperkarst

What does hyperkarst mean?
Hyperkarst means a very intensely developed karst landscape, where soluble rock such as limestone has been dissolved so extensively that the surface is dominated by features such as sinkholes, caves, underground drainage, and little or no surface streams.
What part of speech is hyperkarst?
Hyperkarst is a noun.

Words near hyperkarst in the dictionary

  1. hyperkalemia
  2. hyperkalemias
  3. hyperkalemic
  4. hyperkaliaemia
  5. hyperkaluria
  6. hyperkarst
  7. hyperkarstic
  8. hyperkatabolic
  9. hyperkatabolism
  10. hyperkatifeia
  11. hyperkeratinisation

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