Karst Plateau

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The Karst Plateau is a limestone-rich upland region in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia, famous for its dramatic sinkholes, caves, and other karstic landforms that gave their name to karst topography worldwide.

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Karst Plateau canonical 18
Karst region 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
karst region
limestone plateau
plateau
borders Adriatic Sea
surface form: Adriatic Sea region
climate sub-Mediterranean climate
contains Grotta Gigante
Karst poljes
Vilenica Cave
Škocjan Caves Regional Park
surface form: Škocjan Caves
country Italy
Slovenia
etymologyOf karst topography
gaveNameTo karst
karst landscape
karstification
geology Mesozoic carbonate rocks
hasLandform cave
disappearing stream
dry valley
karst doline
karst polje
karst spring
sinkhole
hasRockType dolomite
limestone
hasVegetation Mediterranean grasslands
karst scrub
oak woodland remnants
highestPointElevation approximately 600 metres
hydrology predominantly underground drainage
knownFor classic karst phenomena
dramatic sinkholes
extensive cave systems
limestone pavements
underground drainage
languageVariantName Carso
Kras
locatedIn Europe
northeastern Italy
Slovenian Littoral
surface form: southwestern Slovenia
locatedNear Gorizia
Trieste, Italy
surface form: Trieste
near Gulf of Trieste
partOf Dinaric Alps
Karst region
scientificSignificance type area for karst studies
usedFor pastoralism
stone quarrying
viticulture

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Province of Trieste locatedNear Karst Plateau
Duino partOf Karst Plateau
Nova Gorica locatedNear Karst Plateau
Slovenian Littoral contains Karst Plateau
Sixth Battle of the Isonzo frontline Karst Plateau
Sgonico locatedIn Karst Plateau
Sgonico locatedOn Karst Plateau
Sgonico elevationFeature Karst Plateau
Monrupino partOf Karst Plateau
Doberdò del Lago locatedIn Karst Plateau
Ljubljana Basin borderedBy Karst Plateau
Basovizza locatedOn Karst Plateau
Aurisina locatedOn Karst Plateau
Aurisina belongsTo Karst Plateau
this entity surface form: Karst region
Isonzo River passesNear Karst Plateau
Vipava River passesNear Karst Plateau