Ogulin-Plaški valley () is a valley in the mountainous part of central

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 ...

, named after the towns of

Ogulin Ogulin () is a town in central Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 7,389 (2021) (it was 8,216 in 2011), and a total municipal population of 12,251 (2021). Ogulin is known for its historic stone castle, known as Kula, and the nearby ...

and

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 ...

. It is located at an elevation of 300 to 380 meters above sea level, surrounded by the

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 ...

, namely the mountains of

Velika Kapela The Velika Kapela (; lit. ''Great Chapel'') is a large mountain range in the east of Gorski Kotar, Croatia. The highest peak is Bjelolasica-Kula at 1533 m.a.s.l. It overlooks Velebit, Plješivica, islands Krk, Cres, Lošinj, and the Kvar ...

Mala Kapela Mala Kapela (, lit. ''Small Chapel'') is a mountain range in Croatia, part of the Dinaric Alps. It stretches in the direction northwest–southeast, and it extends from the mountain pass called "Kapela" or "Vrh Kapele" (alt. 887 m), that separates ...

, Krpelj, Radošić, Brezovica, Hum, and

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" survey ...

. Its total area is around . The two namesakes of the valley also include karst fields or

polje A polje, also called karst polje or karst field, is a large flat plain found in karstic geological regions of the world, with areas usually in the range of 5–400 km2 (2–154 sq mi). The name derives from the Slavic languages, ...

, those of Ogulin (, ) and of Plaški (, ). The A1 motorway intersects the valley near

Oštarije Oštarije is a village in the municipality Josipdol in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is connected by the D42 highway. History A 2 July was issued order for all Velike župe, including that of Modruš (with seat in Ogulin), to make room for 2500 ...

. The D42 road and the M604 railway pass through it longitudinally.

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{{Karlovac-geo-stub Plains of Croatia Landforms of Karlovac County