doline

Signification (Anglais)

  1. A depression (basin, hollow) in karstic terrain/limestone.
  2. (broadly) Any sinkhole.

Concepts

Synonymes

dolinae

sotch

shake hole

swallow-hole

Traductions

dolina

obruk

καταβοθρα

Karsttrichter

Étymologie (Anglais)

From a Slavic (most likely Russian or Slovene) word dolina ("valley"), perhaps via German Doline.

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