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That bogaz is 1. (slavic.) an elongated depression in limestone or karst terrain; thus it embraces a defile, a blind valley or a ravine leading to a ponor. it can be considered as a giant grike. this meaning is based on the serbian use [20]. 2. a variable-discharge artesian spring in which hydrostatic pressure is great enough to cause a turbulent or even fountain-like discharge. 3. a long narrow chasm enlarged by solution of the limestone [10]. 4. large linear fissure or box valley through a karst block. effectively a giant grike, perhaps 50 m deep and 1 km long, formed by dissolution on a fault or joint in very massive limestone [9]. synonyms: (french.) defile, bogaz; (german.) doline, karstgabe, blindtal, zangon; (greek.) faragothis doline; (spanish.) zanjon; (turkish.) bogaz; (yugoslavia.) bogaz. see also canyon; gorge; grike; corridor; struga; zanjon.?

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