Karst in Slovenia
According to all documentation collected till now, some 9000 km2 or 44% of the territory of Republic of Slovenia can be classified as karst area. Over two thirds of this territory (6300 km2) consist of limestones, mainly Mesozoic, whereas karst areas on other rocks (dolomite, conglomerate, calcarenite and breccia) occupy some 30% of the entire karst areas of Slovenia. The karst in Slovenia is commonly divided in relation to geological, hydrological and geomorphological characteristics into three major units:
According to "Slovenia - Geographic Aspects of a New Independent European Nation", Ljubljana, 1992 By Peter Habic, Ph..D. Research Associate, The Institute of Karst Research, Centre of Scientific Research of the SAZU