Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Travelling around Slovenia

Driving on the highway Ljubljana-Postojna, you can get acquainted with some typical karst phenomena. From the Ljubljana basin, wetland on the south and formed as a result of slow tectonic subsidence, the road leading into town Vrhnika, located at the foot of limestone mountains. Powerful Lyublyanitsskie sources (Ljubljanica River, a tributary of the Sava), which extend along the edge of the highlands, is nothing but a karst springs, in other words, underground rivers, pouring here on the surface. Research has established that the river is beer, which we will see, driving another 20 miles in the cave of Postojna - Yama, also carries its waters into Ljubljanica. Read the rest of this entry »

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