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Pištenik
Pištenik is a mountain in Croatia, located southeast of Plaški and northwest of Saborsko. Its highest peak is high. It hosts a deep karst pit called Balinka. In the 1960s, members of the local mountaineering society "HPD Željezničar" surveyed 45 speleological sites there, including a cave called Estavela Begovac with a depth of . In a 1964 expedition to the Balinka Pit of the Croatian speleologists joined by the South Wales Caving Club, William Anthony Birchenough reached a depth of almost 700 feet. Two years later a second expedition reached the bottom of the pit. https://www.swcc.org.uk/joomla-swcc/images/Documents/Docs_Arch/Newsletter/21stanniversarypublication.pdf P160- P255 See also * List of deepest Dinaric caves * List of Dinaric caves * List of longest Dinaric caves This is a list of the longest caves in the Dinaric Alps. This region is known for its deep caves more than its long caves, in part because of the slow progress of cave exploration and in part becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinaric Alps
The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern Europe, Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo to Albania in the southeast. The Dinaric Alps extend for approximately along the western Balkan Peninsula from the Julian Alps of the northeast Italy, downwards to the Šar Mountains, Šar and Korab (mountain), Korab massif, where their direction changes. The Accursed Mountains are the highest section of the entire Dinaric Alps; this section stretches from Albania to Kosovo and eastern Montenegro. Maja Jezercë, standing at Metres above the Adriatic, above the Adriatic, is the highest peak and is located in Albania. The Dinaric Alps are one of the most rugged and extensive mountainous areas of Europe, alongside the Caucasus Mountains, Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathian Mountains and Scand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaški
Plaški is a village and a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is part of the region of Lika. Geography Plaški is situated in the lower part of the Ogulin-Plaški valley. Together with Gorski kotar and Lika, the Ogulin-Plaški valley forms Mountainous Croatia. The town of Plaški is situated 28 km south from Ogulin and shares borders with municipalities of Ogulin, Josipdol and Saborsko. Climate Since records began in 1960, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was , on 8 August 2013. The coldest temperature was , on 12 January 1985. Demographics In 1895, the ''obćina'' of Plaški (court at Plaški), with an area of (highest in the ''županija''), belonged to the ''kotar'' of Ogulin (Ogulin court but Plaški electoral district) in the ''županija'' of Modruš-Rijeka County, Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin high court and financial board). There were 1423 houses, with a population of 9187 (highest in Ogulin kotar). Its 8 villages and 116 hamlets wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saborsko
Saborsko is a village and municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. The municipality is part of the Lika region. Geography It is country-side mountain resort, situated in a curved, long and narrow valley. The altitude of the place is 630–900 m. 1 / 4 of the Saborsko is located in National Park Plitvice Lakes. Demographics In the 2011 census, the total municipality population was 632, in the following settlements: * Begovac, population 16 * Blata, population 54 * Lička Jesenica, population 100 * Saborsko, population 462 In the 2001 census, the municipality of Saborsko had 860 inhabitants, of whom 78.5% (675) were Croats and 19.19% (165) were ethnic Serbs.DZS Popis stanovništva 2001/Population by Ethnicity, Census of 2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics Saborsko [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Forestry Society
The Croatian Forestry Society () has its origins in the Croatian-Slavonian Agricultural Society, founded at the initiative of foresters in Zagreb in 1841. The Society's forestry section was created on the December 26, 1846, in Prečec near Zagreb; this marks the beginning of the Croatian Forestry Society. The Forestry Society is responsible for many of the accomplishments of forestry practice, education and science in Croatia, including: * Enactment of the Law on Forests in the year 1852, and its strict application six years later; * Founding of the Royal Agriculture and Forestry College (today the College of Agriculture) in Križevci in 1860; Accessed: April 13, 2013. * Publishing of the first scientifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Encyclopedia
The ''Croatian Encyclopedia'' () is a Croatian general encyclopedia An encyclopedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into article (publishing), articles or entries that are arranged Alp ... (with the national component), published in 1999–2009 by the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Overview The project began in 1999, and it represents a fifth iteration of the encyclopedic tradition that was established by Mate Ujević's ''Croatian Encyclopedia'', and continued in the '' Encyclopedia of the Lexicographical Institute'', as well as the two editions of its ''General Encyclopedia''. Eleven volumes were published in the period 1999–2009, with a new volume appearing every year. It is named "Croatian" encyclopedia (colloquially ''Croatica'') in the tradition of general-knowledge encyclopedias as ''Britannica''. Online edition The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Anthony Birchenough
William Anthony "Bill" Birchenough(16 December 1925 – 15 October 2012) was a British cave explorer and a member of the 1964 Balinka pit expedition to Yugoslavia. He was the only person on the first expedition to reach the -650 feet level and in December 1966 was awarded the Yugoslav Order of the Flag with Gold Star by the Yugoslav Government together with three other members of the Balinka expeditions. Background Birchenough was born in Sevenoaks and attended Eton College and Dauntsey's School before serving in the RAF in India. He was a nephew of the aviation pioneer William Taylor Birchenough. After his return from India he took part in the Berlin Airlift, working for Flight Refuelling Limited, before joining the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, then latterly Aberporth in West Wales. It was in Wales that he developed his interest in speleology and joined the South Wales Caving Club. (SWCC) Speleology In 1958 he joined the South Wales Caving Club. On Saturday A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Deepest Dinaric Caves
This is a list of the deepest caves in the Dinaric Alps. Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia each had national lists of deepest caves in Yugoslav times, during which they were often compared. A continuously updated list is available for Slovenia. For Croatia, there is a periodically updated list of caves longer than 1 km and deeper than 250 m. The ''Katastar speleoloških objekata Republike Hrvatske'' remains closed to the public, but excerpts are available at ''Bioportal''. The first list for Serbia was published in 1981, followed by an online list no longer updated after 2011. This list is incomplete, missing caves shallower than 320 m (Montenegro), 250 m (Croatia), 150 m (Slovenia), 100 m (Serbia), and most deep caves in the remaining republics, although the coverage for Serbia could be improved from published lists. __NOTOC__ * Horizontal length See also * List of Dinaric caves * List of longest Dinaric caves This is a list of the longest cave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dinaric Caves
This is an incomplete list of caves in the Dinaric Alps. Biokovo Bjelašnica Bočko pogorje Brač Bukovica Cesarsko brdo Cetina Cres and Lošinj Crnopac Ćićarija and Učka Dinara Drvodevnik Usually seen as part of the Žumberak Mountains alongside Radoha and Ljuben. Some of its caves are listed List of Dinaric caves#Žumberak, there, under the List of Dinaric caves#Krka (Sava), Krka, and under White Carniola. Duvanjsko polje Elaphites Gacka Grmeč Hvar Istria Kalnik The speleological cadastre of Kalnik (mountain), Kalnik was finished in 2013 and published as ''Speleološki i biospeleološki katastar Kalnika i Varaždinsko – topličkog gorja''. Caves are still being catalogued and explored. Korana Korčula Kostelsko gorje Kozara Kozjak and Svilaja Krk Krka (Adriatic Sea) Krka (Sava) Kupa Incomplete list. Lastovo Lička Plješivica Lika Lipnik Lipnik (mountain), Lipnik was include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Longest Dinaric Caves
This is a list of the longest caves in the Dinaric Alps. This region is known for its deep caves more than its long caves, in part because of the slow progress of cave exploration and in part because the recency and severity of the uplift is less favourable for the development of caves with extensive accessible passages. The cumulative passage length of all Dinaric caves is comparable to Mammoth Cave, presently the record-holder for most explored passageway. Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia each had national lists of longest caves in Yugoslav times, during which they were often compared. A continuously updated list is available for Slovenia. For Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ..., there is a periodically updated list of caves longer than 1 km and deep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountains Of Croatia
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least above the surrounding land. A few mountains are inselberg, isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. mountain formation, Mountains are formed through tectonic plate, tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through Slump (geology), slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce Alpine climate, colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the Montane ecosystems, ecosystems of mountains: different elevations hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
