Polje

For other uses, see Polje (disambiguation).
Livanjsko Polje in Bosnia is the largest polje in the world (Mount Dinara visible in the background).

A polje, also called karst polje or karst field,[1][2][3] 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,[4][5] where polje literally means 'field', whereas in English polje specifically refers to a karst plain or karst field.

  1. ^ Price, V. N. 2011. The Orphaned Land: New Mexico's Environment Since the Manhattan Project. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, p. 167. ISBN 9780826350497
  2. ^ Weber, Rudolf O. et al. 1997. "20th-Century Changes of Temperature in the Mountain Regions of Central Europe." In Henry F. Diaz et al. (eds.), Climatic Change at High Elevation Sites, pp. 327–344. Dordrecht: Kluwer, p. 329.
  3. ^ White, William Blaine, & David C. Culver (eds.). 2012. Encyclopedia of Caves. Waltham, MA: Academic Press, p. 443.
  4. ^ De Waele, Jo; Gutierrez, Francisco (2022). Karst Hydrogeology, Geomorphology and Caves. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 466. The word polje in Slavic languages means a flat field with arable soil.
  5. ^ White, William B.; Culver, David C. (2012). Encyclopedia of Caves (2 ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 435. The typical polje (a Slavic word meaning 'field') ...