Karst topography is a geological formation shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite, but also in gypsum.[1] It has also been documented for weathering-resistant rocks, such as quartzite, given the right conditions.[2] This is an incomplete list of the major karst landscape areas of the world.

Africa

Tsingy de Bemaraha, Madagascar

Madagascar

South Africa

Asia

Phong Nha Cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang, Vietnam

China

Georgia

India

Indonesia

Karst landscape at Rammang-Rammang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Israel and Palestine

Japan

Laos

Lebanon

Dunnieh mountains, North Lebanon

Malaysia

Myanmar

Palestine

  • Ofra region, Palestinian territories

Philippines

South Korea

Thailand

Taiwan

Turkey

Vietnam

Karsts in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Europe

Albania

Austria

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vrelo Bune, one of the largest wellsprings in the world by any measure

Karst poljes (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian: kraška polja)

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Estonia

France

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Lithuania

Malta

  • Wied iż-Żurrieq and Dingli, West

Montenegro

  • Dinaric Alps region (70% of the territory of Montenegro is Karst)

Poland

Portugal

"Mira d'Aire"'s Karst Lake, Portugal
"Mira d'Aire"'s Karst cave system, Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Škocjan Caves, Slovenia

Spain

El Torcal (Antequera – Spain)

Sweden

Switzerland

  • 7,900 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi), or 19% of the surface of Switzerland, is karst, within this area lies the majority of the 7,500 currently known Swiss caves, with an accumulated passage length of more than 1,200 kilometres (750 mi).

Ukraine

  • Podolia and Bukovina regions in the northeastern edge of the Carpathian Mountains which includes some of the largest gypsum caves in the world, including the Optymistychna Cave, which is over 200,000 meters in length, making it the longest cave in Eurasia, the third longest in the world, and the longest gypsum cave in the world.

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Alaska

Arizona

Florida

Illinois

Indiana

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Kentucky

Michigan

Missouri, Arkansas

Nevada

New Mexico

Oklahoma

Oregon

South Dakota

  • Black Hills (Wind Cave, Jewel Cave)

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

West Virginia

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois

Central America and Caribbean

Belize

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

Puerto Rico

South America

Brazil

Chile

Venezuela

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

References

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  2. Geomorphological Landscapes of the World.
  3. "Xiaozhai Tiankeng sinkhole". Virtual Globetrotting. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
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  7. Joerg Dreybrodt and Helmut Steiner, 'Karst and caves of the Shan plateau in Myanmar', November 2015.
  8. Marie Starr, 'Exploring Myanmar's vast network of limestone caves', Frontier, 13 April 2018.
  9. Castleton, Karst hydrology By Christian Leibundgut, John Gunn, Alain Dassargues, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 1998, ISBN 1-901502-40-6, accessed June 2009.
  10. Mendip – Longest caves. Ukcaves.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-06-08.
  11. Northern Dales – Longest caves. Ukcaves.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-06-08.
  12. Forest Of Dean – Longest caves. Ukcaves.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-06-08.
  13. Assynt – Longest caves. Ukcaves.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-06-08.
  14. South Wales – Longest caves. Ukcaves.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-06-08.
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