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Karst Window

Erosional and Karst Formations

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A karst window, also known as a karst fenster, is a geomorphic feature found in karst landscapes where an underground river becomes visible from the surface within a sinkhole. A spring emerges and its discharge abruptly disappears again into a sinkhole; the word fenster is German for window, describing how the feature opens a view into the karst system below.

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