Karst region
The Karst Plateau or the Karst region, also locally called Karst, is a karst plateau region extending across the border of southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy.Photo: Alex brollo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Region
- Description: limestone plateau region in south of Europe
- Also known as: “Dinaric Karst”, “Gornji Kras”, “Karst”, “Karst Plateau”, “Kras”, and “Krst”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gradišče Debela griža and Cerkev Svetega Janeza Krstnika.
Gradišče Debela griža
Archaeological site
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Gradišče Debela griža is an archaeological site.
Cerkev Svetega Janeza Krstnika
Church
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cerkev Svetega Janeza Krstnika is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Volčji Grad and Komen.
Volčji Grad
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Volčji Grad is a village in the Municipality of Komen in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Komen
Village
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Komen is a settlement in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Komen. It is located on the Karst Plateau in the Slovenian Littoral.
Divči
Hamlet
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Divči is a small settlement northeast of Komen in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Karst region
- Categories: mountain range, karst plateau, and geomorphological unit
- Location: Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Karst region” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Karsti”
- Arabic: “هضبة كارست”
- Aragonese: “Carso”
- Armenian: “Կարստ”
- Belarusian: “Крас”
- Belarusian: “Плато Карст”
- Bosnian: “Kras (regija)”
- Bosnian: “Kras”
- Bulgarian: “Карст (плато)”
- Bulgarian: “Карст”
- Catalan: “Carso”
- Chinese: “喀斯特”
- Chinese: “喀斯特高原”
- Croatian: “Kras”
- Czech: “Kras”
- Dutch: “Karst”
- Dutch: “Kras”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هضبة كارست”
- Estonian: “Carso”
- Estonian: “Karsti lavamaa”
- Estonian: “Karsti platoo”
- Estonian: “Kras”
- French: “Haut plateau karstique”
- French: “Karst”
- French: “Plateau du Carso”
- French: “plateau du Karst”
- French: “Plateau du Karst”
- French: “Plateau karstique”
- French: “Préalpes du Karst”
- Friulian: “Cjars”
- Galician: “Carso”
- Galician: “Meseta Cársica”
- Galician: “Meseta do Kras”
- Georgian: “კარსტის პლატო”
- German: “Karst-Plateau”
- German: “Karst”
- Hebrew: “קראס”
- Indonesian: “Dataran Karst”
- Italian: “Altopiano Carsico”
- Italian: “Altopiano del Carso”
- Italian: “Carso”
- Japanese: “カルスト地方”
- Japanese: “クラス地方”
- Korean: “크라스”
- Ladin: “Karst”
- Latin: “Alta planities Carstica”
- Latin: “Carsia”
- Latin: “Carstum”
- Latin: “Carsum”
- Latin: “Iulia Carsia”
- Lithuanian: “Krasas”
- Macedonian: “Крас”
- Macedonian: “Плато Карст”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kras”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carso”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kras”
- Norwegian: “Karst”
- Persian: “فلات کارست”
- Polish: “Carso”
- Polish: “Karst”
- Polish: “Kras”
- Portuguese: “Carso”
- Portuguese: “Kras”
- Portuguese: “Planalto Cársico”
- Romanian: “Podişul Karst”
- Romanian: “Podișul Karst”
- Russian: “Карст”
- Russian: “Крас”
- Russian: “Плато Карст”
- Serbian: “Крас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kras”
- Slovenian: “Kras”
- Slovenian: “Slovenski Kras”
- Slovenian: “Tržaški Kras”
- Spanish: “Carso”
- Spanish: “Karst”
- Spanish: “Kras”
- Spanish: “Meseta de Kras”
- Turkish: “Carso Platosu”
- Ukrainian: “Крас”
- Ukrainian: “Плато Карст”
- Venetian: “Carso”
- Vietnamese: “Kras”
- Wu Chinese: “喀斯特”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nadrožica and Preserje pri Komnu.
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