karst spring

noun

A spring that is part of a karst hydrological system.

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Meanings

nounkarst spring (plural karst springs)

plural karst springs

  1. A spring that is part of a karst hydrological system.

    Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, is the deepest known karst spring, -315 m. Lower parts were explored by a robot submersible. It is probably the ascending limb of a single loop in a syncline.

    1988, Noel P. James, Philip W. Choquette, editors, Paleokarst, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 36

Translations

German Karstquelle
  • KarstquelleTranslations
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