Limestone Landscapes

What is the name for landscapes of exposed limestone?

• pavements

• footpaths

• lanes

• grykes

What is the name for the gaps in limestone landscapes?

• Dolines

• pillars

• clints

• grykes

What are the large sections of limestone blocks called?

• stalagmite

• stalactite

• grykes

• clints

What is most likely found beneath limestone landscapes?

• Caves and underground rivers/streams

• granite

• dry valley

• dolines

What is a dry valley?

• Limestone valleys formed during glacial periods, the rivers have now disappeared when climate warmed

• When small caves are formed on the surface of limestone landscapes

• In warm areas where the river has stopped flowing

• Where a river re-emerges

Dolines are...

• When small caves collapse, leaving indentations on the surface

• Another name for caves

• Lines between limestone slabs

• Lines of weathering on the surface

What is the term for rivers returning to the surface in limestone landscapes?

• suring rivers

• emergence

• remergence

• resurgence