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Definition of ponor

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A natural surface opening associated with karst.
    “As long as the total capacity q of the spring is smaller than the total capacity q₂ of the ponor, no flooding of the polje will occur.”
    “The only permanent sea ponor in the world is the sea mill of Argostoli, located on Kefalonia Island in the Ionian Sea (Greece) (Glanz, 1965).”
    “Ponors are one of the symbol features of karst regions, and crucial features from a hydrogeological and geotechnical point of view.”
    “The characteristic features of the ponors of glaciokarst mainly manifest in the fact that they were mostly formed in karstic depressions or in glacial erosional depressions.”
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noun

  1. A natural surface opening associated with karst.
    “As long as the total capacity q of the spring is smaller than the total capacity q₂ of the ponor, no flooding of the polje will occur.”
    “The only permanent sea ponor in the world is the sea mill of Argostoli, located on Kefalonia Island in the Ionian Sea (Greece) (Glanz, 1965).”
    “Ponors are one of the symbol features of karst regions, and crucial features from a hydrogeological and geotechnical point of view.”
    “The characteristic features of the ponors of glaciokarst mainly manifest in the fact that they were mostly formed in karstic depressions or in glacial erosional depressions.”

name

  1. A village and commune of Alba County, Romania.
  2. A village in Pui, Hunedoara County, Romania.

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Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian.

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