tower karst

tower karst
    a) A type of tropical karst topography characterized by isolated, steep-sided, residual limestone hills or ridges with vertical or near-vertical walls, and may be relatively flat-topped; commonly surrounded by a flat alluvial plain or lagoons. (Also called fenglin).
    b) A cluster of peaks or ridges with vertical or near-vertical walls, and convex upper side slopes where towers rise from a common base and are separated by deep, rugged ravines or large sinkholes. (Also called fengcong, turmkarst).
   SW & GG

Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • tower karst —    , towerkarst, turmkarst    1. A spectacular variety of karst landscape dominated by steep or vertical sided limestone towers each 30–300m high. By far the most extensive and best developed tower karst is the Guangxi province of southern China …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • Karst — Turmkarst Landschaft, Guilin (China) Pinnac …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • karst —    (Internationally used term, originally the German form of the Slavic word kras or krš, meaning a bleak waterless place; it is the German name for a district east of Trieste having such terrane.) A terrane, generally underlain by limestone or… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • karst —    A kind of topography formed in limestone, gypsum, or other soluble rocks by dissolution, and that is characterized by closed depressions, sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage. Various types of karst can be recognized depending upon the… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • karst cone —    A conically shaped residual hill in karst with a rounded top and relatively steep, convex (e.g., parabolic) side slopes, commonly in tropical climates.    Compare: karst tower, mogote.    SW & WW …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • karst tower —    An isolated, separate hill or ridge in a karst region consisting of an erosional remnant of limestone or other sedimentary rocks with vertical or near vertical, convex side slopes and commonly surrounded by an alluvial plain, lagoon, or deep… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • kegel karst —    A general name used to describe several types of humid tropical karst landscapes characterized by numerous, closely spaced cone (cone karst), hemispherical (halbkugelkarst), or tower shaped (tower karst) hills with vertical or near vertical… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • cone karst —    1. A karst landscape dominated by low conical (or hemispherical) hills that forms only in wet tropical climates. The type example is Gunung Sewu in Java. Individual hills are remarkably uniform, each some few hundred meters in diameter and… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • cockpit karst —    (Jamaican.)    1. Term describing an area containing numerous scattered, yet closely spaced dolines; generally a tropical karst land form. The corresponding Yugoslav term may more accurately be translated as ‘pock marked’ karst.    2. Tropical …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • pinnacle karst —    1. Tropical karst characterized by vertical rock blades fretted sharped by dissolution. It is practically indistinguishable from arête karst and tsingi, and includes the varieties known as shilin. The Pinnacles in the Mulu karst of Saraway… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”