This is the list of karst areas located in Estonia. The list is incomplete.
Name | Location (county, parish) | Further info | Image |
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Kostivere Karst Area [1] | Harju County, Jõelähtme Parish | ||
Kuimetsa Karst Area [2] | Rapla County, Rapla Parish | ||
Tuhala Karst Area | Harju County, Kose Parish | ||
Uhaku Karst Area | Ida-Viru County, Lüganuse Parish |
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant rocks, such as quartzite, given the right conditions. Subterranean drainage may limit surface water, with few to no rivers or lakes. In regions where the dissolved bedrock is covered or confined by one or more superimposed non-soluble rock strata, distinctive karst features may occur only at subsurface levels and can be totally missing above ground.
A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are locally also known as vrtače and shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet. A cenote is a type of sinkhole that exposes groundwater underneath. Sink and stream sink are more general terms for sites that drain surface water, possibly by infiltration into sediment or crumbled rock.
Hạ Long Bay or Halong Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. The name Hạ Long means "descending dragon". Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long city, Cẩm Phả city, and is a part of Vân Đồn district. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and islets in various shapes and sizes. Hạ Long Bay is a center of a larger zone that includes Bai Tu Long Bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà Island to the southwest. These larger zones share a similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate, and cultural characters.
Jõelähtme Parish is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. It has a population of 6,969 and an area of 210.86 km2 (81.41 sq mi), the population density is 25.3770/km2 (65.726/sq mi)
A flood-meadow is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on a seasonal and even daily basis.
Rakvere Parish is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. Rakvere municipality surrounds the city of Rakvere and is located in north east Estonia. The shape of the municipality resembles to a butterfly. Rakvere Parish is one of the smallest local governments in Estonia in terms of population, being the 54th largest local government.
Tuhala is a village in Kose Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 105. It is believed that settlement in Tuhala dates back around 3,000 years.
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 45,339 square kilometres (17,505 sq mi). The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the indigenous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language.
A karst spring or karstic spring is a spring that is part of a karst hydrological system.
Kõrgessaare Nature Reserve is a nature reserve situated on Hiiumaa island in western Estonia, in Hiiu County.
Kostivere Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park situated in Harju County, Estonia.
Kuimetsa Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park situated in Rapla County, Estonia.
Lüsingu Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park is located in Järva County, Estonia.
Märjamaa Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park which is located in Rapla County, Estonia.
Pae Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park which is located in Rapla County, Estonia.
Porkuni Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park which is located in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia.
Uhaku Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park which is located in Ida-Viru County, Estonia.
Salajõgi Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia.