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Karst tower in
areas of
carboniferous limestone where certain portions of the
rock contains fewer weaknesses, especially
joints, then
weathering of these portions will be slower than the surrounding
rock mass, eventually leaving them standing separately as towers above
the surrounding plain. Characteristic of Guilin in southern China.
Katabatic a wind
flowing down valley sides and floors, usually as air cools, condenses
and sinks at night.
Kettlehole a small
depression usually found on the
outwash plain of a
glacial
area and sometimes containing a small lake. As glaciers retreat, large
blocks of ice detach and fall to the ground, embedding themselves to a
certain degree. These blocks may then be covered in
glacial and
fluvioglacial debris which will form an even surface above. As
the ice block melts, the ground above will subside.
Kinetic energy
lit. the energy of motion or movement. In geography, most commonly
applied to the energy of moving water e.g. a rivers energy is a
function of the volume of water and the velocity it moves at as it
converts the potential energy it has from being above sea-level to
kinetic energy as it flows back towards base level.
Knickpoint the
point where an old profile meets a new profile in a
rejuvenating
river.
Kolkhoz a
collective farm in the USSR.
Kondratieff cycle
a contentious economic theory of price behaviour.
Overview:
http://www.kwaves.com/kond_overview.htm
Critique:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard44.html
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