カルスト地ち形けい

noun

karst topography; karst landscape

Geographical term for terrain shaped by the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, characterized by sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage.

• カルスト地ち形けいは石せっ灰かい岩がんが雨あま水みずで溶とけてできる。

  Karst topography is formed when limestone is dissolved by rainwater.

• 日本にほんでは山やま口ぐち県けんの秋あき吉よし台だいが有ゆう名めいなカルスト地ち形けいだ。

  In Japan, Akiyoshidai in Yamaguchi Prefecture is a famous karst landscape.