Definitions For Karst

Noun

KARST (plural KARSTs) (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.

Derived terms

karstology thermokarst glaciokarst paleokarst

Translations

Aragonese: karst Armenian: կարստ Azerbaijani: karst Belarusian: карст Bulgarian: карст Catalan: carst, m Chinese: : Cantonese: 巖溶 (ngām4yung4, sc=Hani) : Mandarin: 岩溶, tr=yánróng, sc=Hani, 喀斯特, tr=kāsite, sc=Hani Czech: kras, m Dutch: karst, m Esperanto: karsto Finnish: karsti French: karst, m German: Karst, m Hungarian: karszt Icelandic: karst, n Italian: carso, m Irish: carst, m, boireann, f Japanese: カルスト (karusuto) Khmer: {{t-needed, km}} Lao: {{t-needed, lo}} Macedonian: карст, m Norwegian: karstlandskap, n Portuguese: carso, m, carste, m Russian: карст, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: кр̏ш, m, кра̏с, m, ка̏рст, m : Roman: kȑš, m, krȁs, m, kȁrst, m Slovene: krás, m Spanish: karst, m, malpaís, m Tagalog: karst Thai: {{t-needed, th}} Vietnamese: {{t-needed, vi}} Welsh: carst, m

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, de, Karst}}. The German term and the {{der, en, sl, -}} placename Kras (the {{w, Karst Plateau (Italy-Slovenia), Karst Plateau}}) have a common origin in {{der, en, roa-itd}} carsus (cf. {{cog, it, carso}}); the {{glossary, metathesis}} in the Slovene term precludes German borrowing from Slovene.