Ecological landscape units of the Dobrepolje-Struge karst
Naravne enote Dobrepoljsko-Struškega krasa

angleški

2001

regionalna geografija    pokrajinska ekologija   kras (geologija)   kraška polja   Dobrepolje    Struge    Dinarski kras

ZRC SAZU, Geografski inštitut Antona Melika

The Dobrepolje-Struge polje is a typical karst polje of Slovenia's Dinaric karst region. Distinctly prolonged in the direction of the Dinaric Alps, it lies in a deep trough between the Mala gora and Suha krajina plateaus. The bottom of the Dobrepolje-Struge polje, the karst corrosion plain around Ponikve, and the neighbouring hillslopes of Mala gora, Suha krajina, and the Čušperk plateau comprise the Dobrepolje-Struge karst, so named after its central relief unit. Among the natural elements that form the Dobrepolje-Struge karst, rock, relief, soil, and vegetation were found to be of greatest importance. The natural elements of the Dobrepolje-Struge karst are closely connected and interdependent. The most typical and most significant combination of natural elements form ecological landscape units. We determined these units by overlapping content layers of rock, relief, soil and vegetation employing the Geographical Information System.

10.08.2011