Geology Reference
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Table 1
The karst geomorphologic types in China
Geomorphologic type
Formation conditions
Genetic type
Morphologic type
Lithology
Climate
Whole karst
landform
Dissolution landform
Mountain
Fengcong
doline
Pure carbonate rocks covered by loose
soils on surface in doline or valley
Humid tropical-
subtropical
Gentle
Fengcong
doline
Mainly humid,
alternative tropical
and subtropical
Hill
Fengqiu
doline
Erosion-dissolution
landform
Mountain
Fengcong
Canyon
Humid subtropical
Quasi-
fengcong
doline
Gentle
fengcong
valley
Mainly humid,
alternative tropical
and subtropical
Mountain
valley
Alternative subtropical
and temperate
Mountain dry
valley
Semiarid-semihumid
temperate
Hill
Fengqiu
valley
Mainly humid,
alternative tropical
and subtropical
Hill valley
Alternative humid and
arid subtropical-
temperate
Hill dry
valley
Semiarid-semihumid
temperate
Erosion-dissolution-
accumulation landform
Plain
Fenglin plain
Humid-rainy subtropical
Fengqiu plain
Quasi-fenglin
Plian
Humid subtropical
Erosion-denudation
landform
Mountain Mountain
Arid-semiarid
temperate-high cold
Semi-karst
landform
Dissolution-erosion
landform
Hill
Peaks hill
valley
Impure carbonate rocks or carbonate
rocks inter-layered with non-
soluble rocks
Humid-semihumid
tropical-subtropical-
temperate
Cluster hill
valley
Table
land
Gentle hill
valley
Erosion-dissolution-
accumulation landform
Plain
Gentle hill
plain
Dissolution-erosion
landform
Mountain Mountain
Arid-semiarid-
temperate-high cold
Hill
Hill
Bio-karst
landform
Dissolution-erosion-
denudation-
accumulation landform
Plain
Plain
Bioaccumulation-
dissolution-sea eroding
landform
Coral
reefs
Coral reefs
Reef limestone, beach rock
Tropical marine climate
