The Rute Plateau (; , also simply ''Rute'') is a
karst
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limestone
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plateau in
Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola ( ; ) is a traditional region in Slovenia
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, Slovenia with an area of about .
The forested ridges on the plateau run in a northwest-southeast direction (known as the Dinaric direction). To the east, the plateau descends into the Mišja Valley (), to the west it descends into the Iška Gorge, and to the north it borders the Mačkovec Plateau.
[Deterding, Manfred. 2007. ''Mohorje''. Information sign posted in Mohorje. Velike Lašče: Municipality of Velike Lašče.]
The plateau has nine villages:
Bane
Bane may refer to:
Fictional characters
* Bane (DC Comics), an adversary of Batman
* Bane (''Harry Potter''), a centaur in the ''Harry Potter'' series
* Bane (''The Matrix''), a character in the ''Matrix'' film trilogy
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,
Boštetje,
Dednik
Dednik () is a small settlement below Dednik Hill on the Rute Plateau () in the hills west of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical ...
,
Mohorje,
Naredi,
Rupe,
Selo pri Robu (with the hamlet of Predgozd),
Vrh, and
Zgonče
Zgonče () is a small settlement on the Rute Plateau () in the hills south of Rob in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the C ...
. The villages date back to the Middle Ages, when settlements were created in new clearings in the forest, and forestry remains a principle economic activity in the area.
The area was occupied by the Romans in antiquity, and several sections of Roman defense walls are preserved on the plateau. The longest section, measuring , ends above the village of
Rob.
References
External links
The Rute Plateau on Geopedia
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Karst plateaus of Slovenia