limestone pavement
Sign in to savenatural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone
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Detail of the large limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales between Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent. Limestone pavement above Malham Cove Limestone pavement on Zgornja Komna, Julian Alps
A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement. The term is mainly used in the UK and Ireland, where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling paving blocks. Similar landforms in other parts of the world are known as alvars.
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