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Sutinščica
Sutinščica is the longest cave in Zagorje with of explored passage, and is located in the southern foothills of the Ivanščica massif. Its depth is , but its total vertical difference is . It is a mostly horizontal cave, so its horizontal length of is close to its total length. Part of the cave is seasonally dry, while part requires specialised equipment. The opening keyhole passage opens up into a series of chambers, while the permanently submerged section further back remains unexplored. Description Sutinščica is a ponor of average width and height along northward orientation from the entrance. The keyhole shape of this passage originated as the result of differential erosion between high and low water levels. Speleothems are present in the cave, but many have likely been destroyed by undocumented explorers. In wetter conditions, only are explorable without diving equipment thanks to a siphon. from the entrance there is a sequence of two larger chambers, of dimensions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagorje
Hrvatsko Zagorje (; Croatian Zagorje; ''zagorje'' is Croatian language, Croatian for 'backland' or 'behind the hills') is a cultural region in northern Croatia, traditionally separated from the country's capital Zagreb by the Medvednica mountains. It comprises the whole area north of Mount Medvednica up to Slovenia in the north and west, and up to the regions of Međimurje and Podravina in the north and east. The population of Zagorje is not recorded as such, as it is administratively divided among Krapina-Zagorje County (total population 142,432), and western and central part of Varaždin County (total population 183,730). The population of Zagorje can be reasonably estimated to exceed 300,000 people. In Croatia, the area is usually referred to simply as ''Zagorje'' (Croatian for 'backland' or 'behind the hills'; with respect to Medvednica). However, to avoid confusion with the nearby Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi in Slovenia, the Croatian part is called ''Hrvatsko Zagorje' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
