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SPONGE-LIKE KARST [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Speleology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

Ground-water solution through the limestone produced a sponge-like karst terrain, with mazes of underground caverns and innumerable surface sinkholes ...

OBS

Sometimes, karst is compared to a giant sponge or Swiss cheese ... Karst has some holes - caves - as big as football fields and other so tiny you can hardly poke a pin into them.

Key term(s)
  • spongelike karst

French

Domaine(s)
  • Spéléologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Si la région calcaire est plus vaste et tabulaire (exemples du Yucatan mexicain et du Gabon) les vallées ne se creusent à peu près pas; l'hydrographie peut être partiellement ou entièrement souterraine, dans un «karst éponge», c'est-à-dire qu'une nappe permanente circule lentement dans un réseau complexe communiquant surtout avec la surface par le fond des dolines de corrosion ou d'effondrement (cénotés).

Spanish

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