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karsts

karsts is the plural of karst.

Meaning of karst

Noun

karst (plural karsts)

  1. A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
    • In the time available to us on our geomorphological tour we were not able to see the higher and younger karsts of Kweichow and Yunnan and Kunming.1978, M. M. Sweeting, “The Karst of Kweilin, Southern China”, in The Geographical Journal, volume 144, number 2, page 200

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Questions about karsts

What is karsts the plural of?
Karsts is the plural of karst.

Words near karsts in the dictionary

  1. karstlike
  2. karstological
  3. karstologist
  4. karstologists
  5. karstology
  6. karsts
  7. karstwater
  8. karsy
  9. Karsyn
  10. kart
  11. Kartagener syndrome

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