Translation of "karst" into German

Karst, Karstgebiet, Karst-Topographie are the top translations of "karst" into German.

karst noun grammar

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

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  • Karst

    noun masculine

    type of land formation [..]

    Today the word “karst” carries a broad meaning.

    Heute wird das Wort Karst im weiteren Sinne gebraucht.

  • Karstgebiet

    1) A German rendering of a Serbo-Croat term referring to the terrain created by limestone solution and characterized by a virtual absence of surface drainage, a series of surface hollows, depressions and fissures, collapse structures, and an extensive subterranean drainage network. 2) A type of topography that is formed on limestone, gypsum, and other rocks by dissolution, and that is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage. Etymology: German, from the Yugoslavian territory Krs; type locality, a limestone plateau in the Dinaric Alps of northwestern Yugoslavia and northeastern Italy. (Source: WHIT / BJGEO)

    The caves of Castellana is the largest karst complex Italian never explored by man.

    Die Grotten von Castellana ist das größte Karstgebiet komplexen italienischen niemals vom Menschen erforscht.

  • Karst-Topographie

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Karst proper grammar

A mountainous region in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia. [..]

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  • Karst

    noun masculine

    mountainous region in Italy and Slovenia [..]

    In addition to several endangered and rare species, many typical sub-Mediterranean species of plant thrive in the Karst.

    Neben einigen bedrohten und seltenen Arten gedeihen im Karst auch zahlreiche typische submediterrane Pflanzenarten.

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