Latest news:
The call for papers for the international karst conference “Karst without Boundaries” is now out. This conference is organized within the UNESCO’s DIKTAS project framework and will be held in June 2014 in the lands of spectacular classic Dinaric karst.
The National Speleological Society (NSS) of the USA is moving its headquarters and you benefit!
This special issue will be dedicated to geoparks and other approaches for territorial management and tourism in karst areas - Call for Papers
The British Cave Research Association is proud to announce the publication of its new book, Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales (Volume 1)
A book about the use of karst and caves during wars and other conflicts.
Did you know?
That irrigation is the artificial watering of fields for crop production [16].?
Checkout all 2699 terms in the KarstBase Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms
Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms
Based on "A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special to Environmental Karst Hydrology" EPA/600/R-02/003, 2002, EPA: Washington, DC., Speleogenesis Glossary includes 2699 cave & karst terms
Example of the Karst & Cave Glossary:
azimuth
The true bearing of a survey line, determined by measurement from an accurate survey or by observations of sun or stars [25].
rainfall excess
That portion of rain fall that contributes directly to runoff [16].



