Ljubljana

GEOGRAPHY OF SLOVENIA, By ISMAEL BABINOU

Slovenia is situated in Central and Southeastern Europe, touching the Alps and bordering de Mediterranean.

GEOLOGY

           

 

Slovenia is in a rather active seismic zone because of its position on the small Adriatic Plate. Many parts of Slovenia have a carbonate ground, and an extensive subterranean system has developed.

CLIMATE

The climate is influenced by the variety of relief, and the influence of the Alps and the Adriatic Sea. In the northeast, the continental climate type with greatest difference between winter and summer temperatures prevails. In the coastal region, there is sub-Mediterranean climate.

 

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WRITTEN A VERY CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF SLOVENIA!  By Luka Anžič

I would only like to add something about the climate and the geographical position of the village where I live.

Like you say, there are a sub-Mediterranean region, an Alpine region, a Pannonian region. The latest is the most important one for farmers because there is the best fertile soil for agriculture. The Karst region which you mention in the second paragraph results from the excavating effects of underground  water on massive soluble limestone and features a system of caves, sinkholes and underground rivers. The Alpine region has mountains and a cold climate, the weather is very similar to the one in Austria,(very cold, a lot of rain, the relief is steep).
The Pannonian region has less rain than the Alpine region, but better soil for farming. It is good for wheat, barley and for all field crops.

Well, my village Bišče, near Domžale and near Ljubljana, is more in a sub-Alpine region. My village lies in the so called Ljubljana basin. The soil is sandy here, beside a river, which is important as the river’s floods have made this soil. Other places have more humus, which is better for the agriculture.

I would like to add that this winter was very coooold in Slovenia, the temperatures were up to, or better, down to -15°C and there was about 20 centimetres of snow.

 

             

   The Alps                                             The Pannonian plane                      Piran                                                 Karst

       

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