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Slovenia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...north and south. In the east is the Pannonian Plain. 5 OCEANS AND SEAS Slovenia has...thermal springs, mostly situated in the Pannonian Plain. 7 RIVERS AND WATERFALLS Formed...and northeast region of Slovenia is the Pannonian Plain, which includes wide valley basins...
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Croatia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...Slovenia, Croatia extends inland as far as the Danube River. Croatia has three main geographic types: the Pannonian and Peri-Pannonian Plains of eastern and northwestern Croatia, the hilly and mountainous central area, and the Adriatic coastal...
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Serbia and Montenegro
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...continental, with cold, dry winters and warm, humid summers. The Pannonian Plains have cold winters with hot and dry summers. In Vojvodina...contains the Danube River basin and the southern extent of the Pannonian Plain. Serbia and Montenegro was known as Yugoslavia from...
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Croats
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...in the south (east coast of the Adriatic Sea) by the central mountainous region. Considering its location, Croatia is a Pannonian and Adriatic region, at the juncture of the central Danubian Plain and the Mediterranean. The climate in the north is continental...
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Slovenian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...size of Switzerland. About two-thirds of Slovenia is located in the Alps, the remaining third gradually melts into the Pannonian Plains. Correspondingly, the climate of tiny Slovenia is Mediterranean along the Adriatic Sea, alpine in the mountains...
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Serbs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
...independent states of Bosnia and Croatia to the west. The northern and northeastern part of Serbia is part of the alluvial Pannonian Plain and is predominantly level. The central and southern areas are approximately one-third rolling hills and two-thirds...
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Slovenes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...of Slovenia is Mountainous. Much of the land is karstic, rugged and stony. Only a small eastern section lies within the Pannonian Plain. Summers are short, often cool, and sometimes rainy. Winters are cold but not severe. Demography. Compared to...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...and Herzegovina. 8 DESERTS There are no desert regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 9 FLAT AND ROLLING TERRAIN The Peri-Pannonian Plain, near the northern border with Croatia, contains the country's most fertile soils, used for farmland and grazing...
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Vojvodina
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...province (1991 pop. 2,013,889), 8,301 sq mi (21,500 sq km), N Serbia. Novi Sad is the chief city. A part of the Pannonian Plain, it is watered by the Danube, the Tisza, and the Sava rivers and is one of the most densely populated parts of Serbia...
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Austria
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
...regions are the Alps, constituting 62.8% of Austria's land area; the Alpine and Carpathian foothills (11.3%); the Pannonian lowlands of the east (11.3%); the granite and gneiss highlands of the Bohemian Massif (10.1%); and the Vienna...
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