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| A landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing springs, sinkholes, caves and aquifers. |
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| The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area. |
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| A naturally occurring underground hollow or passage, especially one with an opening to the surface of the Earth. |
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| a cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water and soil to disappear underground. |
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| An aquifer is a layer of porous and permeable material such as sand, gravel, limestone, through which water flows and is stored. |
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| A natural feature of the earth's surface such as a mountain, a hill or a beach. |
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| A place where water bubbles up from an underground source such as an aquifer. |
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| Surface water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface, and is a major component of the water cycle |
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| To gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land). |
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| Able to be dissolved, especially in water. |
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| The level which the ground below is saturated with water |
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| To filter gradually through a porous surface or substance. Like water slowly filtering through limestone. |
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| The process of dissolving or being dissolved |
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