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Limestone features The Burren, Co. Clare The word Karst means exposed or bare ground. It is used mainly to describe a Limestone area where this karstic.

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2 Limestone features The Burren, Co. Clare

3 The word Karst means exposed or bare ground. It is used mainly to describe a Limestone area where this karstic landscape can be seen.

4 Lack of rivers Swallow holes on the surface Dolines Underground water

5 Permeable Well jointed Has bedding planes Chemically weathered by…… …..carbonation

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9 Overground features: Limestone pavement with clints, grikes and karren Terraces Swallow holes Dolines / Sinkholes Turloughs

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11 Limestone Pavement

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13 Grikes

14 Karren

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20 Terrace

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24 Underground features: Caves and passages Stalactites Stalagmites Pillars Curtains Streams

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