Sentences with phrase «by karst»

Tucked away in a remote part of the country, Blue Hole Mineral Springs is a beautiful swimming hole completely encased by karst limestone.

This scenic pool is a deep spring basin formed by karst processes.

These areas are characterized by a karst topography that is typified by numerous sinkholes, caverns, and underground streams.

Engineers in Italy and Spain, two countries with some spectacular landscapes underlain by karst, have developed new methods to predict which areas are most likely to fail first.

Not exact matches

Temasek led the round, and was joined by investors including EDBI, Karst Peak Capital, Heliconia and Heritas.

The company had raised $ 34 million (Rs 220 crore) in its Series C funding round in August last year, led by Hong Kong - based investment firms Ward Ferry Management and Karst Peak Capital.

In 1993, a pilot project, the Karst Programme, was developed by the Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Environmental Protection with the aim of developing an appropriate and cost - effective incentive scheme for groundwater protection in one of Lithuania's most sensitive areas.

The Karst region of northern Lithuania has suffered greatly from pollution caused by intensive agriculture and high rates of fertilizer and pesticide application encouraged in the 1950s and 1960s.

«I was recently encouraged to apply to the DI by my supervisor, Peggy Bodnar,» Karst wrote in her application.

Such erosion landscapes, usually marked by underground drainages, are known as «karsts.»

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The black tee with white lettering was created by Ari Seth Cohen of Advanced Style HERE and designer Fanny Karst HERE.

Think of the best beach that can be offered in Asia, think huge karst structures surrounded by clear green water, think blue seas alive with so many fishes it's like snorkeling in a giant aquarium.

You'll sail through crystal - clear blue lagoons flanked by emerald karst cliffs, then kayak to secluded powdery white beaches.

About an hour by songthaew from Sam Neua is the neat and tidy town of Vieng Xai, set among beautiful karst limestone mountains that rise out of the rice fields like hulking monoliths.

First off head to Tanjung Mambang where two close by beaches offer dramatic rock formations, a stone arch at Bwanna Beach and five limestone karst islands at Watu Malandong Beach.

The long but narrow beach (voted the ninth best beach in the world by Guardian readers in 2016) has powdery white sand and breathtaking views to Ko Ngai, Ko Muk, Ko Libong, the mainland, a number of karst islets and even Ko Lao Liang and Ko Phetra on a clear day.

For more information on the Cave Archaeology of Belize, click here for Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 58 (2): 81 - 99, by Logan McNatt

What we remember the most of Langkawi is no doubts our kayaking trip in the Kilim Karst Geoforest Park, a nice breath of fresh air, after one month plagued by the haze in Malaysia obstructing our view and our lungs.

Go tubing down the river flanked by fabulous limestone karsts, go caving or do a well - paced trek to a viewpoint.

Explore an underground river, travel by boat to witness limestone karsts rising from the ocean, snorkel around various islands

The main feature of karst springs results from the fact that water is rapidly transported by underground caverns.

From the peak you can see an iconic karst island seascape, small islands surrounded by a dozen shades of brilliant blue.

Nearly the size of Singapore, Langkawi is surrounded by beautiful beaches and towering limestone karsts.

The whole area was affected by at least 4 sea - level drops in the last 1.8 million years, the last one (about 18,000 years ago) which resulted in formation of caves and allied karst features in northern ffshore Belize and the creation of what is now Ambergris Caye.

Vang Vieng Loop: Vang Vieng town itself can be an eyesore but it only takes 10 minutes on a bicycle to get out and find yourself surrounded by rice paddies, karsts and people planting rice by hand.

Vieng Xai: About an hour by songthaew from Sam Neua is the neat and tidy town of Vieng Xai, set among beautiful karst limestone mountains rising dramatically out of rice fields.

Yangshuo once was a beautiful town worth a UNESCO World Heritage Site but obviously the development of the last 30 years didn't make the area any better (in our opinion); the view of the karst mountain landscape is interrupted by signs, electric wires, (lots of) plastic rubbish and all sorts of tourist attractions.

Below the surface are caves that belong to a series of complex and fragile karst systems (landscapes formed by the rapid drainage of water underground).

Isabela offers visitors back roads along karst country with hiking trails at Bosque Estatal de Guajataca (Guajataca State Forest), and the Guajataca Lake offers a fun adventure by kayak and paddleboard.

With emerald green, brackish waters surrounded by an impressive limestone karst formation naturally sculpted through the years by the weather, Barracuda Lake offers not only a splendid place to visit, but also one of the most original dive sites in the region.

A karst is a limestone landscape that has been eroded by water, producing ridges, towers, fissures, sinkholes, and other impressive topography.

Inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1999, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park has a limestone karst landscape and features some of the largest cave rooms in the world.

The forebears of the current residents practiced an unusual burial practice by hanging and stacking coffins, hewed from tree trunks, in the limestone karst cliffs and caves near town.Day 1:0700 H — Early departure to Banaue via North Expressway.Rural towns markets, verdant farm lands and mountains are mosaic images that encompass the day.

Its coast is dotted with quiet, secluded beaches, while karst formations and caves allow for exploration between naps by the surf.

Although the Philippines are quite difficult to reach, intrepid visitors will be richly rewarded for the effort — the island of Palawan has been nominated as the most beautiful tropical island in the world, offering brilliant white sand beaches, remarkable inland lakes surrounded by emerald - green karsts, and some of the best snorkeling and diving on the planet.

Highlights of this trip include a visit to the Misool archipelago and its unique topography of karst dissolution; Tomolo Bay, where various caves reveal stalactites, prehistoric cave paintings and a mysterious jellyfish lake; Batana Island with jungle treks to hidden waterfalls escorted by knowing locals; Waigeo Island for spelunking and snorkeling; Dampier Strait, home to some of Raja Ampat's premier coral reef; and Wayag Islands whose vibrant reefs, marine life, coves, lagoons, channels, inlets and sandy beaches represent some of the world's truest jewels.

These karst islets have been shaped by time into an otherworldly series of rocky cliffs, jagged peaks and secluded coves.

Guided boat tours take visitors down a portion of the waterway, where karsts, natural rock formations created by dissolving limestone, loom in every direction.

2014 KARST, FAX, Plymouth Arnolfini, The Promise, Bristol Liverpool Biennial, collaboration with Stefan Tcherepnin Southard Reid, Staging Interruptions (Stream of Life) curated by Sarina Basta and Mary Rinebold, London Halle für Kunst, Über Das Radikale Nebeneinander, Luneburg

Recent curated exhibitions include Alexis Hunter & Jo Spence, Richard Saltoun and A Small Hiccup, commissioned by Grand Union (both 2013), Emotional Resources, NGCA (2014) and Breakin» Up is Hard to Do (co-curated with Ned McConnell) KARST (2015).

2016Dreamlands Expanded, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn as part of Whitney Museum of American's Art's «Dreamlands» Exhibition, Curated by Chrissie Iles Art Night, Institute for Contemporary Art, London, UK, curated by Kathy Noble Folkeobservatoriet (People's Observatory), Norsk Teknisk Museum, Oslo, Norway On the Verge of An Image: Reconsidering Marjorie Keller, LAND, Los Angeles, CA Stratographic Fiction, Berman Museum, Philidelphia Fuck Newton, KARST, Plymouth, UK NO MAN»S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection Museum, Miami, FL Active Ingredient, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY First Films, Marc Foxx Gallery, LA, CA

2014 A polyphonic wave of concrete materials flowing through the air, curated by João Laia, Fundação Manuel António da Mota, Oporto, PR Changing fronts, Studio Dabbeni, Lugano, CH Performance Festival, curated by Simone Frangi and Heinrich Lueber, Via Farini, Milan, IT Live Works 2, Centrale Fies, Dro, IT Score, curated by Sarra Brill and Anna Cestelli Guidi, MARCO, Vigo, ES FAX, curated by Joao Ribas and Carl Slater, KARST, Plymouth, UK Così Accade, curated by João Laia, Kim Nguyen, Marina Noronha, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, IT Arte Coni 100, curated by Maria Alicata and Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, various locations, Rome, IT Premio Grafica, Villa Croce, Pisa, IT Highlights, Studio Dabbeni, Lugano, CH Display MADIATING LANDSCAPE, curated by flip project space, Sala Murat, Bari, IT We Are What We Lost, curated by Sara Giannini, CCSP — Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, BR Acting Truthfully under circumstances, Tenderpixel, London, UK Bye Bye Baj (performance), invited by Raffaella della Olga, Black Coffee, Paris, FR ArtTransit, curated by Simone Frangi and Heinrich Luber, Via Farini, Milano and Zhdk, Zurich, IT / CH

Recent group exhibitions and performances include Score, MARCO, Vigo ES; FAX, KARST, Plymouth UK (2014); Fig. 5, David Roberts Art Foundation, London; Footnotes, CAC, Vilnius LT (both 2013); We will disappear you, curated by Adam Carr, Frutta, Rome IT; Supplica per un» appendice, Villa Romana, Florence IT; In the Belly of the Whale (ACT III), curated by Rosie Cooper and Ariella Yedgar, Montehermoso, Victoria - Gasteiz ES (all 2012); In the Belly of the Whale, Cartel, London (2011); Childhood night, Barbican Gallery, London and Perfect Courses and Shimmering Obstacles, Tate Britain, London (both 2010).

Karst, a contemporary art space in Plymouth, presented a two - person exhibition featuring works by Joey Holder and Viktor Timofeev titled Lament of Ur, which ran from November 18 until December 12, 2015.

Before the press conference, campers joined a cave tour at Crystal Grottoes to view the region's fragile karst geology, which is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves and is easily susceptible to transmission of pollutants through connected underground aquifers.

Russell and his wife, Anna, also an Army veteran, draw their drinking water from a spring that, because of the special «karst» geological features of this part of Appalachia, could be disrupted or drained completely by the sort of trenching and pipe - laying required by the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

These thaw ponds are also sometimes referred to as thermokarst lakes, since they superficially resemble ponds formed by the dissolution of limestone (karst).

The risk in this region is exacerbated by the sensitive karst limestone geology underneath the river, characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves, and openings that could allow for the migration of pollutants into underground aquifers.

Even though you can't see it with your eyes, you can feel it deep in your heart, and know that you are always connected to the ones you love» (The Invisible String by Patrice Karst).