Plants are important to the development of karst primarily because

Plants are important to the development of karst primarily because THEY PRODUCE ACIDS. Karst topography is a landscape that is formed as a result of dissolution of soluble rocks. The landscape is characterized by caves, sink holes, fissures and underground streams. Karst landscape is formed through the process of chemical weathering which involves water, oxygen and carbon dioxide. The acids that are obtained from plants is an important component of this process. 

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