2. Limestone features The Burren, Co. Clare

3. The word Karst means exposed or bare ground. It is used mainly to describe a Limestone area where this karstic landscape can be seen.

4. Lack of rivers Swallow holes on the surface Dolines Underground water

5. Permeable Well jointed Has bedding planes Chemically weathered by…… …..carbonation

9. Overground features: Limestone pavement with clints, grikes and karren Terraces Swallow holes Dolines / Sinkholes Turloughs

11. Limestone Pavement

12. clints

13. Grikes

14. Karren

20. Terrace

24. Underground features: Caves and passages Stalactites Stalagmites Pillars Curtains Streams