Dinaric Alps

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Di·nar·ic Alps

(dĭ-năr′ĭk)

A range of the northwest Balkan Peninsula extending about 645 km (400 mi) along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea from Slovenia to Montenegro. The partially submerged western part of the system forms numerous islands along the coastline.

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Dinaric Alps

(dɪˈnærɪk; daɪ-)

pl n

(Placename) a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)

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Di•nar′ic Alps′

(dɪˈnær ɪk)
n.pl.

a range of the Alps paralleling the E Adriatic coast from Slovenia to N Albania: extends across W Croatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro, Yugoslavia. Highest peak, 8714 ft. (2656 m).

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Although Kosovo does not cover a large territory, it has a varied relief that is mostly part of the Dinarides mountain range and the author assumed this fact might influence the main objective of this study, because of the type of the soil as well as other socio-economic and geographical characteristics as a potential influencing factors (Arifi et al., 2017).

Standing Height and its Estimation Utilizing Tibia Length Measurements in Adolescents from Western Region in Kosovo/ La Estatura de Pie y su Estimacion Utilizando Mediciones de la Longitud de Tibia en Adolescentes de la Region Occidental de Kosovo

He expressed satisfaction that Via Dinarica, which connects natural and cultural sights in the Dinarides, in this way is recognized by the local institutions of government as a great development opportunity and potential, primarily for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Is chamois hybridization in the northern Dinaric Mountains an important factor for horn development?

Zivcic, "Overview of the geothermal field of Slovenia in the area between the Alps, the Dinarides and the Pannonian basin," Tectonophysics, vol.

Modeling Highly Buoyant Flows in the Castel Giorgio: Torre Alfina Deep Geothermal Reservoir

The Republic of Serbia from the global point of view of geodynamics belongs to a part of the Eurasian plate with its northern part belonging to the Panonian Basin (area of Vojvodina) and the central and southern parts in the region of the Dinarides. Fruska Gora as mountain in northwestern Serbia and one of the most interesting areas for the evolution of the Europe--Adria collision zone in terms of orogenic and back-arc interactions is the southern part of the Pannonian Basin near the junction between the Carpathians and Dinarides (Toljic et al., 2013).

Geometric deformation analysis in free geodetic networks: Case study for fruska gora in Serbia

Sarajevo is surrounded by the great Dinarides as well as the Miljacka River.

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GOLUBIC (1967) described nine associations of vegetation of rock algae in the Dinarides in the alliance Gloeocapsion sanguineae Golubic 1967.

Descripcion y validacion de sintaxones europeos de la vegetacion dominada por briofitos, liquenes y algas

NW Slovenia and Friuli region are located at the kinematic transition between E-W striking trust faults of the Alpine system (Friuli earthquakes) and NW-SE striking strike-slip faults of the Dinarides system (Krn Mountains earthquakes).

Analysis of the impact of fault mechanism radiation patterns on macroseismic fields in the epicentral area of 1998 and 2004 Krn mountains earthquakes (NW Slovenia)

(2010): Geochemistry, petrology and tectonomagmatic significance of basaltic rocks from the ophiolite melange at the NW External-Internal Dinarides junction (Croatia).

New critical values for F and their use in the ANOVA and Fisher's F tests for evaluating geochemical reference material granite G-2 (U.S.A.) and igneous rocks from the Eastern Alkaline Province (Mexico)/ Nuevos valores criticos de F y su uso en las pruebas ANOVA y F de Fisher para evaluar el material de referencia geoquimica del granito G-2 (U.S.A.) y rocas igneas de la Provincia Alcalina Oriental (Mexico)

The currently known distribution of this group of beetles with common origin is widely disjointed between the Dinarides (West Balkans) to the Rhodopes ([ETH]ast Balkans).