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See also: Category:Karst

[edit] Karst topography | Karst, topographisch

See also: Category:Karst topography

[edit] Stone formations - details

English: Limestone pavement, Sous Dine, Haute Savoie, France	Deutsch: "Opferkessel" und Karren, Jura, Frankreich	English: Precipitation of Calc sinter (travertine) at Hot Springs Bridgeport, California, USA	English: Karre, Massif Central, Spain
English: Limestone pavement, Krš, Croatia	English: Corrosion step, a typical karst surface form. Deutsch: Slowenischer Karst	Deutsch: Karstgestein in Prádena de la Sierra, Spanien	Deutsch: Typische Verwitterungsform im slowenischen Karst
Deutsch: "Opferkessel" in Alto de Brenas, Cantabria, Spanien	English: Grotta Gigante, Italy. Deutsch: Rinnen im ital. Carso	English: Duino-Aurisina, Italy	English: Burren, Ireland
English: Shilin (Stone Forest), China	English: Karst Ridge, Slovenia

[edit] Limestone pavement | Karren (Rinnen) | Lapiaz

See also: Category:Limestone pavement

English: Alto de Brenas, Cantabria, Spain	English: Burren, Ireland	Deutsch: Maggia bei Ponte Brolla / Tessin / Schweiz	English: Ingleton Falls, UK
English: Silberen, Switzerland	English: Schrattenfluh, Switzerland	English: Near Hallstatt, Austria	English: Burren, Ireland
Deutsch: Lapiaz (Karren) am Dent de Crolles, Frankreich	English: Dolomiten bei Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italien	English: Top of the Malham Cove, North Yorkshire, England	English: Le Parmelan, France
English: Shilin (Stone Forest), China	English: Monte Canin, Julinan Alps, Italy	English: Waitomo District, New Zealand

[edit] Stone formations

English: Castle Hill, New Zealand	English: Orjen, Montenegro	English: Orjen, Montenegro	English: Ciudad Encantada, Spain
English: El Torcal, Spain	English: El Torcal, Spain	English: El Torcal, Spain	English: Stone Forest of Shilin, China
English: Stone Forest of Shilin, China	English: Stone Forest of Shilin, China	English: Mono Lake, USA	English: Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve, Madagascar
English: Ciudad Encantada, Spain	English: Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France	English: Sjeverni Velebit National Park, Croatia	English: Kraška burja, 1689

[edit] Alvar | Alvar (landwirtschaftliche Brachflächen)

See also: Category:Alvar (landform)

English: Dún Aengus, Aran Islands, Ireland

English: Causse Méjean, largest Karst plateau in the Massif Central, South France.

English: Vodice / Istria, Croatia

English: Polje Sierra de Libar, Provinz Málaga, Spain

[edit] Sinkholes | Dolinen

See also: Category:Sinkhole

English: Sinkhole, Radensko polje, Slovenia	English: Doline near Triest, Italy	English: Gaping Gill, Yorkshire Dales / UK	English: Gaping Gill, Yorkshire Dales / UK
English: Gouffre de Padirac, France.	English: Rowton Pot in North Yorkshire, England.	English: Dürrenstein (Ybbstaler Alpen), Austria	English: Steinernes Meer, Austria

[edit] Cenotes | Wassergefüllte Kalksteinlöcher

See also: Category:Cenotes

Deutsch: Frickenhäuser See, Unterfranken, Deutschland.

English: Great Blue Hole, Coast of Belize

English: Mono Lake, USA

English: Cenote in Chichén Itzá, Mexico

[edit] Traventine Terraces / Cascades | Traventin Terrassen

See also: Category:Travertine Terraces | Travertine

English: Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia	English: Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia	English: Slunj, Rastoke, Rastoke, Croatia	English: Skradinski buk, Krka, Croatia.
English: Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia	English: Havasupai, USA	English: Pamukkale, Turkey	English: Lingenau, Austria
English: Domica Cave, Slovkia	English: Škocjan Caves, Slovenia	Deutsch: Steinerne Rinne bei Erasbach, Deutschland.

[edit] Karst cliffs | Klippen in Karstlandschaften

English: Castello di Duino, Italy	English: Duino-Aurisina, Italy	English: Near Trieste, Italy	English: Dún Aengus, Aran Islands, Ireland.
English: Dún Aengus, Aran Islands, Ireland.	English: Tam Coc, Vietnam.

[edit] Natural arches / Natürliche Steinbrücken

See also: Natural arches

English: Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utha, USA

English: Rakov Škocjan, Slovenia

English: Cantabria, Spain

English: Bay of Islands, New Zealand

[edit] Karst caves | Höhlen im Karst

English: Grotta Gigante, Italy	English: Jama Baredine, Croatia	English: Waitomo District, New Zealand	English: Atapuerca, Spain
English: Oman	English: Mas d'Azil cave, Ariège, France	Deutsch: Falkensteiner Höhle, Deutschland	English: Moravian Karst, Czech Republic
English: Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina	English: Rakov Škocjan, Slovenia	English: Mammoth Cave National Park, USA	English: Mammoth Cave National Park, USA
English: Domica Cave, Slovkia	English: Škocjan Caves, Slovenia	English: Tam Coc, Vietnam.	English: Shenandoah National Park, USA.
English: Prehistoric horsehead in Mas d'Azil cave, Ariège, France

[edit] Karst springs | Karstquellen

See also: Category:Karst springs | Exsurgence

English: Source of the Loue by, France	English: Blagaj, source of the Buna river,Bosnia and Herzegovina	Deutsch: Blautopf in Blaubeuren mit Kloster, Deutschland	English: Brenztopf, Brenz River Germany
Deutsch: Lago di Doberdò bei Görz, Italien	Deutsch: Cetina (Quelltopf im Dinarischen Gebirge	English: Divje Jezero, Slovenia	English: Fontaine de Vaucluse, source of Sorgue River in France
English: Spring of river Gacka, Croatia	English: Gordale Scar, Malham, North Yorkshire.	English: Grotten van Han, Belgium	English: Lison, France
English: Manatee Springs State Park Florida, USA	English: Nadiža, Karst spring in the Julian Alps, Slovenia	English: Aachtopf, Germany	English: Pesio, Piemonte, Italy
English: River Styx Mammoth Cave National Park, USA	English: River Simme, Kanton Bern, Switzerland	English: Talheimer Waterfall, Swabian Alb, Germany	English: Fosse Dionne, France

[edit] Ponors | Schlucklöcher

See also: Category:Ponors

English: Gouffrre de Belvaux, Belgium	English: Almeschalgloch, Germany	English: Reka, Škocjan Cave, Slovenia	English: Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu, France
English: Rakov Škocjan, Slovenia

[edit] Karst topography by country

See also: Category:Karst topography by country

[edit] Mediterranean Karst | Mediteraner Karst (Italien / Slovenien / Kroatien)

[edit] Italian Karst | Carso

See also: Category:Karst topography in Italy | Category:Carso

Kars landscape, in the background the gulf of Trieste.	Tipical landscape of Karst: Grize	Karst landscape, Doberdò del Lago	Karst landscape. Dissolution images and rock fractures are visible. Selective dissolution is the cause of grize
Karst landscape. Surface dissolution images (vertical grooves on the rocks) are clearly visible.	Powerful limestone strata.	Karst landscape. Deep dissolution images.	Emerging rocks into the Monfalcone Karst
View from Rilke path, Duino, Trieste	View from Rilke path, Duino, Trieste

[edit] Slovenian Karst | Kras

See also: Category:Karst topography in Slovenia | Category:Kras

Cerkniško jezero	Village Skocjan, Divača	Karst landscape in Slovenia	Rakov Škocjan
Škavnica, a typical karst surface form	Žlebiči, scannellature (channels), a typical karst surface form	Thistle flower in Slovenian karst	Deutsch: Vela Draga, Istrien
Dolina di Orlek

[edit] Karst in Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro | Krš

See also: Category:Karst topography in Croatia | Category:Krš

English: Paklenica, Velebit, Croatia	English: Sveti Rok, Velebit, Croatia	English: Velebit, Croatia	English: Blue Lake / Plavo jezero
English: Krka National Park	English: Krasnarsko polje	Deutsch: Tribanj Kruščica auf der Südseite des Velebit	{{de|Mit Steinmauern geschützter Acker im Velebit}, Croatia}
English: Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina	English: Visovac island Krka National Park, Croatia

[edit] Other Karst landscapes | Weitere Karstlandschaften

[edit] French Karst

See also: Category:Karst topography in France

English: Minerve / Hérault	English: Hers-Vif	English: Gouffre de Padirac	English: Vercors
English: Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu

[edit] Irish Karst

See also: Category:Karst topography in Ireland

	Burren, Ireland.	Burren, Ireland.	Burren, Ireland.
Dún Aengus, Aran Islands, Ireland.

[edit] Moravian Karst | Mährischer Karst

See also: Category:Moravian Karst

	Býčí skála Cave, Czech Republic.	Kateřinská jeskyně, Czech Republic.	Punkevní jeskyně, Czech Republic.
Punkva, Czech Republic.

[edit] Spanisch Karst

See also: Category:Karst topography in Spain

English: El Torcal, southern Spain	English: El Torcal, southern Spain	English: El Torcal, southern Spain	English: El Torcal, southern Spain
English: Soba valley, Cantabria, northern Spain.	English: Cantabria Mountains, northern Spain.

[edit] UK, Karsts in | Karstlandschaften in Großbritannien

See also: Category:Karst topography in England

English: Malham Cove, North Yorkshire, England

English: Malham Cove, North Yorkshire

English: Malham Cove, North Yorkshire

English: Barns,Swaledale, North Yorkshire

[edit] Other countries

English: Kleinwalsertal, Austria	English: Ingleton Falls, England	English: Burg Tüchersfeld, Fränkische Schweiz, Germany	English: Peloponnes, Greece
English: Argón Pedíon, Peloponnese, Greece	English: Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece	English: Orjen, Montenegro	English: Orjen, Montenegro
English: Silberen, Switzerland	English: Coast in Öland, Sweden	English: Stream of Calc sinter (travertine) at Bridgeport, California, USA

[edit] Karst Fauna | Fauna im Karst

English: Ensifera, Velebit, Croatia

English: Scarabaeoidea, Velebit, Croatia

Deutsch: Steinbock, Sous Dine, Haute Savoie, Frankreich.

English: Mammoth Cave National Park, USA

[edit] Karst Flora | Flora im Karst

English: El Torcal, Spain	English: Bryophyte, Dürrenstein (Ybbstaler Alpen), Austria	English: Uracher Wasserfall, Germany	English: Snowdrops in Karst landscape
English: Spring in Velebit, Croatia	English: Autumn, Duino-Aurisina, Italy	English: Autumn, Duino-Aurisina, Italy	English: Winter time. Quercus pubescens is covered by dry leaves (they will fall off in the spring).
English: Winter in Orjen, Montenegro

[edit] Karst agriculture | Landwirtschaft im Karst

English: Farm, Velebit, Croatia	English: Stone wall, Velebit / Croatia	English: Sheeps,Velebit, Croatia	English: Beehives,Velebit, Croatia
English: Donkeys,Velebit, Croatia	English: Donkey, Slovenia	English: Barns,Swaledale, North Yorkshire, GB	English: Rest of mill in a cave Krka National Park / Croatia

[edit] Karst architecture

[edit] Secular Karst architecture

English: Neolithic Bunja house near Šibenik / Croatia.	English: Stone wall, Ireland	English: Stone wall, Velebit / Croatia	English: Stone wall, Cres / Croatia
English: Dún Aengus, Aran Islands, Ireland.	Deutsch: Bad Urach, Deutschland	Deutsch: Unteres Schlosstor, Hohen Tübingen, Deutschland	English: Rakov Škocjan, Slovenia
English: Houses in Štanjel, Slovenia	English: Stone garden Sanspareil, Germany

[edit] Religious Karst architecture

English: Poulnabrone, County Clare, Ireland	English: Poulnabrone	English: Dolmen in Mas d'Azil cave, Ariège, France	English: Mirila, Velebit, Croatia
English: Moni Dionysiou, Athos, Greece	English: Mount Athos, Greece	English: Filosofou Monastery, Peloponnese, Greece	English: Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece
English: Inishmore, Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland