Karst

Limestone terrain shaped by dissolution rather than mechanical erosion — diagnostic features are sinkholes, disappearing streams, cave systems, and exposed rock faces often streaked dark by water action, frequently arranged in curved, amphitheater-like scarps rather than the jagged fracture patterns of non-soluble rock.

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Limestone scarp and sinkhole terrain under broadleaf woodland cover.

Temperate

Setting: Inland

Candidate: The Yorkshire Dales, England (Malham Cove) — unverified, for your own research and confirmation before use.

Scrubland / Chaparral

Limestone terrain under dry, low scrub cover rather than forest.

Mediterranean

Setting: Inland

Candidate: The Dalmatian karst hinterland, Croatia — unverified, for your own research and confirmation before use.