1) A German rendering of a Serbo-Croat term referring to the terrain created by limestone solution and characterized by a virtual absence of surface drainage, a series of surface hollows, depressions and fissures, collapse structures, and an extensive subterranean drainage network. 2) A type of topography that is formed on limestone, gypsum, and other rocks by dissolution, and that is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage. Etymology: German, from the Yugoslavian territory Krs; type locality, a limestone plateau in the Dinaric Alps of northwestern Yugoslavia and northeastern Italy. (Source: WHIT / BJGEO)



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Irish J 1991. Conservation aspects of karst waters in Namibia. Madoqua 17 (2) 141-146
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Pickford M, Mein P, Senut B 1994. Fossiliferous Neogene karst fillings in Angola, Botswana and Namibia. South Africa Journal of Science 90 (4) 227-230
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Webb JA, White S 2013. 6.31 Karst in Deserts. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences - Treatise on Geomorphology 6 397-406
Swanepoel W 2019. Euphorbia otavimontana (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment (3) 11-16
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Goudie A, Viles H 2014. Etosha Pan and the Karstveld. Landscapes and Landforms of Namibia 61-65
Pickford M, Senut B 2010. Karst geology and palaeobiology of northern Namibia. Memoir - Geological Survey of Namibia 21 1-74
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Pickford M, Senut B 2010. Karst geology and paleobiology of Northern Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 21 1-74
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Strohbach BJ, Strohbach MM 2023. A first syntaxonomic description of the vegetation of the Karstveld in Namibia. Vegetation Classification and Survey 4 241-284