Editing Karst (section)

== Karst areas ==
{{Main|List of karst areas}}
[[File:Yunnanshilin2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Stone Forest|Lunan Stone Forest]], Yunnan, China]]
[[File:Kostivere karstiala, Kostivere karst area, spring 2021.webm|thumb|Drone video of Kostivere karst area in Estonia (2021)]]

The world's largest limestone karst is Australia's [[Nullarbor Plain]]. Slovenia has the world's highest risk of sinkholes, while the western [[Highland Rim]] in the eastern United States is at the second-highest risk of karst sinkholes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apsu.edu/news/harned-bowl-work-not-blame-new-sinkhole-say-experts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522031858/http://www.apsu.edu/news/harned-bowl-work-not-blame-new-sinkhole-say-experts|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2014|title=Austin Peay State University : Harned Bowl work not to blame for new sinkhole, say experts|date=May 22, 2014|access-date=Dec 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2009/02/25/what-is-karst-topography-and-why-should-you-care/|title=What is Karst topography and why should you care?|date=Feb 25, 2009|access-date=Dec 31, 2019}}</ref>

In Canada, [[Wood Buffalo National Park]], Northwest Territories contains areas of karst sinkholes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=D.G.|title=Landforms of Alberta interpreted from airphotos and satellite imagery.|publisher=Alberta Remote Sensing Center. Alberta Environment|year=1987|isbn=0-919975-10-0|location=Edmonton, Alberta|pages=81}}</ref> Mexico hosts important karst regions in the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] and [[Chiapas]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Mora, L.|author2=Bonifaz, R.|author3=López-Martínez, R.|year=2016|title=Unidades geomorfológicas de la cuenca del Río Grande de Comitán, Lagos de Montebello, Chiapas-México|journal=Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana|language=es|volume=68|issue=3|pages=377–394|doi=10.18268/BSGM2016v68n3a1|doi-access=free}}</ref> The [[West of Ireland]] is home to [[The Burren]], a karst limestone area. The [[South China Karst]] in the provinces of [[Guizhou]], [[Guangxi]], and [[Yunnan]] provinces is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.