喀斯特(KARST)即岩溶,是水对可溶性岩石(碳酸盐岩、石膏、岩盐等)进行以化学溶蚀作用为主,流水的冲蚀、潜蚀和崩塌等机械作用为辅的地质作用,以及由这些作用所产生地表和地下形态的总称。“喀斯特”原为巴尔干半岛的一处地名,19世纪中叶,最初的喀斯特地貌研究始于此处,因而得名。 Karst (Karst) is a karst geology that is supplemented by the mechanical action of water on the dissolution of soluble rocks (carbonate, gypsum, rock salt, etc.), chemical erosion, water erosion, erosion and collapse, The general term for the surface and underground forms produced by these effects. “Karst ” was originally a place name in the Balkans. Since the mid-19th century, the first karst landform study began here, hence its name.