Abstract
Much of China is mountainous or high plateau, as 65% of the country is over 1000 m. In areas where carbonate rocks are important, high altitude karst develops. These include high mountain or Alpine karst in West Sichuan on the eastern slopes of the Tibetan plateau and the karst on the Tibetan plateau.
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Sweeting, M.M. (1995). High Altitude Karst: The High Mountain Karst of West Sichuan. In: Karst in China. Springer Series in Physical Environment, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79520-6_9
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