• Landform
  • Surface landform

karst window

karst windows

1.

karst window - a dosed depression, not a polje, which has a stream flowing across its bottom.

Gillieson, 1996

2.

karst window : Depression revealing a part of a subterranean river flowing across its floor, or an unroofed part of a cave.

Monroe, 1970

3.

Short steep-sided valleys caused by collapse of an underground cavern and exposing the river to the surface are called karst windows.

N.N.

FORM dosed
small natural bridge or arch
exposing the river to the surface
Short steep-sided
LOCATION or an unroofed part of a cave
FUNCTION revealing a part of a subterranean river flowing across its floor
can be seen through
CONTAINS which has a stream flowing across its bottom
CAUSE caused by collapse of an underground cavern