English

Alternative forms

• Kras
• Carso

Proper noun

the Karst

1. A mountainous region in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia.

Translations

Anagrams

• karts
• stark

Finnish

Proper noun

Karst

1. Karst

Declension

Derived terms

• karstimaa

English

Noun

karst ‎(plural karsts)

1. (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
   • 1978, M. M. Sweeting, “The Karst of Kweilin, Southern China,” The Geographical Journal, vol. 144, no. 2, p. 200:

     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.

   • 2009, Katherine Harmon, “Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2008,” ScientificAmerican.com, May 29, 2009:

     The shells are just 0.04 inch (one millimeter) long and were found on a karst formation where conditions are damp, but the snails that inhabit them have yet to be observed.

Derived terms

• karstology
• thermokarst

Translations

Anagrams

• karts
• stark

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁst/

Noun

karst m ‎(plural karsts)

1. (geology) karst

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰar̥st/
• Rhymes: -ar̥st

Noun

karst n ‎(genitive singular karsts, no plural)

1. (geology) karst

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• carst

Noun

karst m ‎(plural karstes)

1. (geology) karst

Synonyms

• malpaís