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UNMANTLED KARST [1 record]

Record 1 2011-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

Geologists call karst areas like this bare karst because of the lack of vegetation. ... The bare karst has no rivers and no trees, but the flora is often very interesting. In most cases the bare karst is an artificial landscape, created by men. When the area gets riverless because of the low ground water table, a natural vegetation of forest is able to keep the former state. But as soon as this difficile situation is disturbed by men, an irreversible process starts which leads to the bare karst situation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Karst dépourvu de sol, mais où la dissolution continue à jouer dans les lapiés où s'accumule un peu d'argile favorisant la corrosion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
CONT

[…] la variedad de lapiaces presentes es muy amplia y, desde un punto de vista genético, engloba tanto a los creados bajo una escorrentía libre (karst desnudo o libre) como los desarrollados en áreas recubiertas por suelos o por un tapiz vegetal herbáceo de cierta continuidad (karst cubierto).

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