Karst Landforms Along the Backbone Hills of Central Israel

Selected examples of karst features and landscapes are discussed, demonstrating the karst landforms origin and development of the mountainous backbone of Israel. These range across various scales, from mega-landscape features, such as polje and epigenic karstEpigenic karst basin, through rounded hills, cavesCave, and dolines, to rock-pillar karren, mostly under fluviokarstFluviokarst conditions. Considering the varied features, it is deduced that karst dissolution has played a major role in landscape development since the late Eocene regression.