Kolk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kolk is a noun meaning (geology) An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.
Meaning
(geology) An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.
More Meanings
- A relatively small water-filled depression, especially in a bog: a bog pond, a bog eye, a bog kolk.
Example Sentences
[…] bog hollows and kolks.
[…] bogs, but only around pools or kolks. The small-scale mosaic of hummocks and hollows so characteristic of the true raised bog is nowhere to be found on a wooded bog. The quaking bog community on the kolk edge, similar to that[…]
Word Forms
- kolks
Related Words
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