Limestone Features

This crossword is a resource my teacher gave me to help to learn the features of a limestone landscape.  All the vocabulary and clues are A grade answers and words so will be very helpful if you are aiming for the top grade. Enjoy!

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  • Created by: Jess
  • Created on: 23-02-13 17:23
Deposits of calcium carbonate building upwards from a cave floor in a limestone area.
stalagmite
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The place where a stream reappears on the surface after flowing underground.
resurgence
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Blocks or ridges of bare rock resulting from chemical weathering on a limestone pavement
clints
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The type of weathering that is most common in limestone areas
swallow hole
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A name given to landforms and scenery that are typical of limestone areas
karst
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This is the breaking up and wearing away of the earth's surface by rain, wind, sun, frost and biological processes
weathering
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Many limestone features are found here rather than on the surface
underground
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A place in the Yorkshire Dales National Park where limestone scenery may be found
malham
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A deposit of calcium carbonate building down from a cave roof in a limestone area
stalactite
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A common rock found consisting mainly of calcium carbonate which comes from the remains of sea life
limestone
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The type of weathering that is most common in limestone areas
chemical
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A river valley that once had a river flowing down it but the river had since disappeared underground
dry valley
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A flat area of exposed rock that is common in areas of limestone
pavement
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Openings or wide cracks that result from rainwater dissolving the joints in limestone rock
grykes
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Card 2

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The place where a stream reappears on the surface after flowing underground.

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resurgence

Card 3

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Blocks or ridges of bare rock resulting from chemical weathering on a limestone pavement

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Card 4

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The type of weathering that is most common in limestone areas

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Card 5

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A name given to landforms and scenery that are typical of limestone areas

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