Significant Karst Features
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aggtelek and Slovak Karst | Surface landscape is a temperate doline karst (AB ev) | |
| Andrefana Dry Forests | Extensive areas of very sharp limestone pinnacle karst (AB ev) | |
| Antequera Dolmens Site | El Torcal de Antequera (one of the most important karst landscapes in Europe) | |
| Belize Barrier Reef | Cenotes | |
| Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks | Outstanding example of glaciokarst terrain (AB ev) | |
| Canaima National Park | The most outstanding example in the world of cave development in quartzite (Precambrian age) (AB ev) | |
| Carlsbad Caverns | Outstanding karst extends into neighbouring Guadalupe National Park (AB ev) | |
| Chichen-Itza | Cenotes | |
| Desembarco del Granma National Park | Spectacular staircase of uplifted Coral terraces around Cabo Cruz that support ongoing development of karst landforms (AB ev) | |
| Evaporitic Karst and Caves | "the most complete, outstanding and accessible examples of the karst phenomena in gypsum and anhydrite at humid sub-tropical climate conditions" (AB ev) | |
| Greater Blue Mountains | Jenolan Caves Karst Conservation Reserve | |
| Gunung Mulu | Surface features include giant collapse dolines and spectacular razor-sharp pinnacle karst (AB ev) | |
| Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago | The world's most extensive and bestknown example of tropical tower karst invaded by the sea. (AB ev) | |
| Hallstatt-Dachstein | Dachstein massif of 574 km2 is an excellent example of glaciokarst (AB ev) | |
| Henderson Island | An outstanding example of early phase of karstification with intact natural processes, (AB ev) | |
| Hierapolis-Pamukkale | Possibly the world's earliest karst tourist site still in use. (AB ev) | |
| Huanglong | Represents depositional output landforms of deeply circulating karst groundwater system (AB ev) | |
| Jeju | Outstanding example of volcanokarst, a special style of pseudokarst(AB ev) | |
| Jiuzhaigou Valley | Represents depositional output landforms of shallow karst groundwater system with significant epikarst water contribution. (AB ev) | |
| Lena Pillars | Frozen karst and thermokarst in permafrost 100 - 500 m thick (AB ev) | |
| Lenggong Valley | Bukit Kepala Gajah: This large karst outcrop occupies an area of six square kilometres at its foot, with a summit 258 metres above sea level. It contains more than 20 caves (AB ev) | |
| Lorentz National Park | World's best example of tropical alpine glaciated karst (AB ev) | |
| Mammoth Cave | The karst is developed in Lower Carboniferous(Mississippian) limestone and cave evolution commenced following uplift and exposure 3 to 4 million years ago. (AB ev) | |
| Nahanni National Park | World's foremost example of karst development in cold climate conditions. (AB ev) | |
| Phong Nha - Ke Bang | Long history of karst landscape evolution (AB ev) | |
| Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River | Spectacular tropical karst landscape (AB ev) | |
| Purnululu National Park | Outstanding example of quartz sandstone fluviokarst with beehive-shaped hills (AB ev) | |
| Pyrénées - Mont Perdu | Outstanding example of alpine glaciated karst to 3352 m (AB ev) | |
| Skocjan Caves | It is representative of the input of an allogenic river into a karst system (AB ev) | |
| South China Karst | These three areas provide typesites for their principal karst features (AB ev) | |
| Tasmanian Wilderness | Many small areas of karst in limestone and dolomite, some in alpine zone (AB ev) | |
| Trang An | includes karst towers rising to 187 metres to the north west, to 198 metres at Trang An and up to 162 metres to the south & totally autogenic (rainfed) karst (AB ev) | |
| Virgin Komi Forests | The dissolution of limestone along the foothills has resulted in the formation of a karst landscape with subterranean caves, craters and river beds which are seasonally flooded. (EOEarth) | |
| Western Caucasus | Includes glaciokarst features, many deep gorges and deep caves. (AB ev) | |
| Wulingyuan | Particularly outstanding for its spectacular sandstone fluviokarst relief (AB ev) |
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