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What Is Karst

The document summarizes key aspects of the hydrologic cycle and freshwater systems. It describes: 1) The hydrologic cycle which moves water from the oceans to the atmosphere through evaporation, then returns it to the continents and oceans through precipitation. 2) When precipitation reaches land, it either runs off as surface water or infiltrates into the ground. Groundwater can then either evaporate or seep deeper to become groundwater. 3) Carbonic acid dissolved by groundwater can create caverns, sinkholes, and karst landscapes through the dissolution of limestone bedrock.

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What Is Karst

The document summarizes key aspects of the hydrologic cycle and freshwater systems. It describes: 1) The hydrologic cycle which moves water from the oceans to the atmosphere through evaporation, then returns it to the continents and oceans through precipitation. 2) When precipitation reaches land, it either runs off as surface water or infiltrates into the ground. Groundwater can then either evaporate or seep deeper to become groundwater. 3) Carbonic acid dissolved by groundwater can create caverns, sinkholes, and karst landscapes through the dissolution of limestone bedrock.

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resh Water of the Continents
the hydrologic cycle of water from the oceans and the continents to the
atmosphere through evapotranspiration; back to the ocean and continent
surfaces through precipitation and eventually returning to the oceans
through surface runoff (rivers) after storage (lakes, ground water, ice
sheets)
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Kround Water
when precipitation reaches the ground, it either runs off or infiltrates into the
soil - as runoff, it flows into streams - as infiltration, it either returns to the air
through evapotranspiration or seeps downward to become ground water

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ãimestone Solution by Kround Water
carbonic acid action
dissolves limestone,
producing caverns

cavern collapse creates


sinkholes and a karst
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Cave ormations

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Sinkholes

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