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Q: Is mass wasting required for karst topography to form?
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Is magma required to form karst topography?

No, this is not one of the active ingredients in the formation of Karst topography.


What land form is not common in an area of karst topography?

surface drainage system


What is required for karst topography to form?

Karst topography is formed by chemical weathering, and affects the underlying carbonate rock (limestone or dolomite). This occurs under specific drainage conditions. Slightly acidic water (carbonic acid in solution) is the active agent.


Which is required for karst topography to form?

Groundwater dissolves limestone, which causes sinkholes to form


What does karst topography form in?

If the gaps caused by the water are near the surface, the ground at the surface may collapse. This causes a sickhole to form. An area of land that has lots of sinkholes is called a karst


Which is required for karst topograghy to form?

carbonic acid


What are characteristics of karst topography?

A Karst topography displays a variety of large or small scale features both on the surface and beneath. On exposed surfaces, small features may include flutes, runnels, clints and grikes, collectively called karren or lapiez. Medium-sized surface features may include sinkholes or dolines (closed basins), vertical shafts, disappearing streams, and reappearing springs. Large-scale features may include limestone pavements, poljes and blind valleys. Mature karst landscapes, where more bedrock has been removed than remains, may result in karst towers or haystack/eggbox landscapes. Beneath the surface, complex underground drainage systems (such as karst aquifers) and extensive caves and cavern systems may form.


Is land form topography?

no


What topography is needed for a hurricane to occur?

Hurricanes are not dependent on topography. They form at sea.


Karst areas which are characterized by sinkholes are common in parts of the southeast United States Where do Karst areas often form?

Above limestone deposits


Do karts rocks help form caves?

Karst, not "karts"! Yes, almost by definition. Karst landscape is that formed in limestone by the action, particularly chemical-weathering (solution) of the rock by rain-water. If the structural nature of the massif, and its hydrology, are suitable then caves will form as part of that the entire suite of karst features.


What is the type of landscape where you have caves and deep valleys and sinkholes?

There is not a particular kind of limestone needed to make a canyon or valley. They and caves form through erosion of most limestones, but their development is subject to a good deal of local geological and hydrological control.