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Karst vs Karat - What's the difference?

karst | karat |

As nouns the difference between karst and karat

is that karst is a type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage while karat is a unit of fineness or concentration of gold equalling 1/24 part of gold in an alloy.

As a proper noun Karst

is a mountainous region in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia.

karst

English

(Karst topography)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
  • * 1978 , M. M. Sweeting, “The Karst of Kweilin, Southern China,” The Geographical Journal , vol. 144, no. 2, p. 200:
    • In the time available to us on our geomorphological tour we were not able to see the higher and younger karsts of Kweichow and Yunnan and Kunming.
  • * 2009 , Katherine Harmon, “Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2008,” ScientificAmerican.com , May 29, 2009:
    • The shells are just 0.04 inch (one millimeter) long and were found on a karst formation where conditions are damp, but the snails that inhabit them have yet to be observed.

    Derived terms

    * karstology * thermokarst

    Anagrams

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    karat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * carat (Commonwealth)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A unit of fineness or concentration of gold equalling 1/24 part of gold in an alloy.

    • Abbreviations

    * kt