What is karst topography?
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Karst topography lis the type of dirt needed to make sinkholes and caves. Florida is well known for its great karst and it is also essintial for the producing of an aquifer.
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Caves form in limestone rock. I believe you are asking about the process. So here it goes...\n\nAs water moves through the ground it becomes slightly acidic due to the decomposition of organic material. The acid formed is a mild carbonic acid.\n\nAs this mildly acidic water reaches the rock it permeates the cracks and crevices. Over time, the acid reacts w/ the limestone (calcium carbonate - CaCO3) & dissolves it.\n\nThe cracks get larger. Over long periods of time these cracks can get extremely large resulting in a cave.\n\nIf a cave gets large enough it will be considered a cavern.\n\nSometimes a cavern will collapse due to the weight of the overlying material. When this happens a sinkhole occurs.\n\nSinkholes can be small or large depending upon the size of the cavern beneath & the area of structural weakness.\n\nSometimes a cavern collapses b/c groundwater is pumped out for local supplies. When this happens, there is no support left holding up the roof of the cavern & it gives way.\n\nFlorida is notorious for the number of sinkholes that occurs there. Of course, Florida has limestone bedrock underlying the entire state so this is bound to happen on a regular basis. Also, Florida's population is growing & so is their need for water.\n\nKarst topography is the term given to areas that are dominated by limestone landforms that were created from dissolution by acidic groundwater.
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Plains, mountains, valleys, beach, escarpment, plateaus, prairie, continent, island, peninsula, delta, canyon, alluvial plain, etc.\n\nThese sites should help with more details..
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Would that actually be a "plateau?"  This is a geographical feature that is easily googled.
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I did some research... here are some websites that might help...\n\nThe 2nd one is a map quiz that will help you learn more about the physical features.
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It's open to dispute:\n\nDefinitions of mountain on the Web:\n\na land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill \ntons: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers" \nwordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn\n\nA mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally much higher and steeper than a hill, but there is considerable overlap, and usage often depends on local custom. Some authorities define a mountain as a peak with a topographic prominence over an arbitrary value: for example, the Encyclopædia Britannica requires a prominence of 2,000 feet (610 m). \nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain\n\nMountain was an American rock band active in the early 1970s. \nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_(band)\n\nA natural elevation of a planetary surface.\nwww.psrd.hawaii.edu/PSRDglossary.html\n\nA high, raised part of the earth's surface with a pointed top.\nwww.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/Glossary.html\n\nA biome of high ground with various types of vegetation depending on the elevation\nwww.planetpals.com/ecodictionary.html\n\na landscape feature, often with a pointed or rugged top, the rises high above the surrounding area\nwww3.newberry.org/k12maps/glossary/\n\nA landform with a high elevation.\nwww.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/science/glossary.shtml\n\nA general term for any landmass that stands above its surroundings. In the stricter geological sense, a mountain belt is a highly deformed part of Earth's crust that has been injected with igneous intrusions and the deeper parts of which have been metamorphosed.\nimnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/glossary/letter.asp\n\nA landform that rises 1,000 or more feet above the land around it.\nwww.educationoasis.com/curriculum/Social_Studies/geo/geography_terms.htm\n\n(when used in the name of a property). A block of land separate from the main property, and in the surrounding uplands, on which slaves were given "provision grounds" on which to plant their crops. If for example the main property was named "Hope Penn," this land would be called "Hope Mountain."\njamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/Glossary.htm\n\nA mountain is a raised part of the earth’s surface. It is bigger than a hill. A mountain has to be at least 1,000 feet above the earth’s surface. Some mountains look pointed and sharp at the top. Other mountains look more round. When a mountain has a crater in its top, it is a volcano.\nwww.howardcc.edu/kids/geovoc.html\n\nA glacier that exists in or adjacent to a mountainous region.\nwww.wwnorton.com/college/geo/earth2/glossary/m.htm\n\nArizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming\nwww.thechittendens.com/glossary.html\n\nSo sometimes in excess of 1,000ft, sometimes 2,000ft, sometimes no height specified.\n\n\n\nI live in Izmir, on the west coast of Turkey. Around Izmir Bay are some small pimples (compared to the real mountains that Turkey has to offer) that only go up to about 1,000 metres which is about the same as Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in England and Wales.\nAt the other end of Turkey is Mount Ararat, which reaches a height of 5,137m (16,894ft). This is the highest mountain IN THE WORLD (above the sea) when measured from base to peak, compared to Everest or K2 which stand on the shoulders of other mountains and are actually rather squat (if measured this way)!
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Aquifer , in hydrology, a porous layer of rock capable of storing, filtering, and releasing water. The rock layer, or stratum, contains many pore spaces which, when connected, form a matrix allowing movement of water through the rock.There are two types of aquifer: confined aquifers and groundwater aquifers.\n\nget pics on google
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An unconformity is a break or a gap in the geologic record. It represents a break in time in the depositional process and can include a period of significant erosion.\n\nThe primary processes that create unconformities in sedimentary rock are eustacy and tectonics. That is sea level change and movement of the earth’s plates. As sea level falls it can expose deposits such as carbonate platforms which will begin to erode and form a karst surface. As sea level rises over this cave and karst system, it will be buried and become what is known as paleokarst. In clastic depositional systems sea level fall will cause rivers to cut downward into their own deposits and delta systems, creating what is called an incised valley. As sea level rises again these incised valleys will be filled again by the same rivers. The base of the new deposits represents the unconformity. \n\nPlate tectonics can also be responsible for lifting areas above sea level. In fact, the two processes of eustacy (sea level) and tectonics are very difficult to separate by examining the rock record. As plates rise, rivers will cut incised valleys, and carbonate platforms will be exposed. Likewise, as plate tectonics cause plates to sink the same systems will be affected and deposition will resume over the new unconformity. \n\nIn aeolian systems climate changes can cause unconformities. As a climate changes from a dry desert to a wetter type of environment, plants can take hold and bring an end to aeolian system. Eventually this may develop into a soil surface and be drowned by sea level changes, beginning a new episode of deposition over the unconformity. All paleosols (ancient soils) represent an unconformity.  \n\nIn volcanic terranes the unconformities are created by the gaps in time between eruption events. These can be short, or millions of years long. \n\nIn a metamorphic terrane an unconformity often is found between eroded metamorphics and sedimentary rocks.
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http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/topomaps/utm.htm\n\nA good explanation
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Topography has two related meanings:\n\n- a detailed representation on a map of the features of a place \n- a detailed textual description of an area \n\nThe word 'topography' comes from the Greek τόπος (topos, place) and -γραφία (-graphia, writing). It originally meant writing about a place, in the same way that 'biography' means writing about a life, and this would describe the physical location as well as the history of the place and consequently local people. \n\nNowadays that is usually called 'local history'. In Britain, the word topography is still sometimes used in its original sense,[1] as well as in the more restricted senses of the surface features of a location, or just the physical relief.
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Topographic maps display the elevation changes of the land.  Elevation is usually represented by isoclines, those roughly concentric lines that delineate areas of the same elevation.
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A fjord or fiord is a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes, which results from marine inundation of a glaciated valley. Typical characteristics of a fjord include: a narrow inlet, a bottom glacially eroded significantly below sea level.
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it's maps that represents topography (details of the landscape) of a place: horizontal(plane) projection of objects located on it and contour (curves of elevation). details represented can differ,accordingly to the purpose of the map: engineering, cadastre, navigation, tourism, agronomy, landmanagement,defense....
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A valley is a landform, which can range from a few square miles (square kilometers) to hundreds or even thousands of square miles in area. It is typically a low-lying area of land, surrounded by higher areas such as mountains or hills.\n\nValleys are formed by numerous geographical processes. Glacial valleys, which are usually U- rather than V-shaped, were formed tens of thousands of years ago (most likely during the last Ice Age) by the massive erosive power of glaciers. Several glacial valleys can be found in the English Lake District and many can be found in Alpine countries. \nRift valleys, such as the Great Rift Valley, are formed by the expansion of the Earth's crust due to tectonic activity beneath the Earth's surface. \nValleys are, however, most commonly formed by fluvial activity (the action of running water, such as rivers), which erodes the landscape.
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plateaus are elevated above the ground
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Bathymetric means, the measurement of water depth at various places in a body of water or the information derived from such measurements.\n\nBathymetric maps are topographical maps of the sea floor.\n\nBathymetric distribution is the study of density of species in the ocean as it relates to underwater geographic patterns.
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A spring is a point where groundwater flows out of the ground, and is thus where the aquifer surface meets the ground surface. Dependent upon the constancy of the water source (rainfall or snowmelt that infiltrates the earth), a spring may be ephemeral (intermittent) or perennial (continuous). Water issuing from an artesian spring rises to a higher elevation than the top of the confined aquifer from which it issues. When water issues from the ground it may form into a pool or flow downhill, in surface streams.\n\nMinerals become dissolved in the water as it moves through the underground rocks. This gives the water flavour and even carbon dioxide bubbles, depending upon the nature of the geology through which it passes. This is why spring water is often bottled and sold as mineral water, although the term is often the subject of deceptive advertising. Springs that contain significant amounts of minerals are sometimes called 'mineral springs'. Springs that contain large amounts of dissolved sodium salts, mostly sodium carbonate, are called 'soda springs'.\n\nWater emanating from karst topography should not be confused with spring water, since part of it is likely to originate from watercourses that may have found its way through the ground from a sinkhole in the surface at a higher altitude. In such cases, it will not have been subjected to as great a degree of ground filtering as spring water, which has continuously passed through a porous aquifer.