Geologicheskii Vestnik

A modern map of the carbonate karst of the Ufa plateau with a scale of 1:500 000 is presented, which is an integral part of the «Karst of the Southern Urals and Predural» GIS project. Following the previously compiled map of the sulfate karst of the Southern Urals, it is the next stage in the creation of a consolidated karst map of the Republic of Bashkortostan. On the map, the most typical karst occurrences were shown, allowing to judge the nature and activity of karst development in the region. The connection between the development of karst and the history of the geological development of the territory in the NeogeneQuaternary is traced. The dependence of the surface manifestation of karst on the age, composition and thickness of the sediments covering the karst rocks has been established. The karst hazard of the region is assessed as potentially dangerous.

Southern Cis-Urals, Ufa plateau, carbonate karst, dry land, high fl ow rate spring, sinkhole with a fixed formation time

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