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Date: Tue Aug 25 00:04:28 EDT 1998
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--karst
karst (karst) noun.
An area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures,
sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns.
[German after the Karst, a limestone plateau near Trieste.]
They occur in many areas. In U.S., Kentucky and Florida.
The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan was built over one.
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