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No, this is not one of the active ingredients in the formation of Karst topography.
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.
Groundwater dissolves limestone, which causes sinkholes to form
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Hurricanes are not dependent on topography. They form at sea.
No, this is not one of the active ingredients in the formation of Karst topography.
surface drainage system
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.
Groundwater dissolves limestone, which causes sinkholes to form
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
carbonic acid
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.
no
Hurricanes are not dependent on topography. They form at sea.
Above limestone deposits
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.
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.