features - the landscape that develops from solution action of groundwater is called Karst and is characterized by a lack of surface drainage 32 CHAPTER 11 GROUNDWATER EROSION BY GROUNDWATER Features of Karst Landscapes 1) surface features - sinkholes (collapse and solution sinks) - ponds - sinking creeks (disappearing streams) - karst valley - karst spring 33 CHAPTER 11 GROUNDWATER EROSION BY GROUNDWATER Features of Karst Landscapes 2) subsurface features - caverns - varies in size - created at or just below the water table (saturated zone) within caverns - formation of dripstones or speloethems under unsaturated conditions (unsaturated zone) - features - Stalactites - Stalagmites * e.g. the Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico 34
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