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	Skocjan Caves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Reka River disappears underground in Velika dolina into Skocjan Caves Park (Škocjanske jame) and then flows underground 34 km, all the way to Adriatic Sea where it becomes the source of the Timav River.
		The view of the big river, in the rainy season as it disappears underground, on the bottom of Velika dolina, 160 m under the surface, is both majestic and frightening.
		The region of the Skocjan Caves Park, is archeologically extremely rich.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skocjan_Caves (338 words)

	speleogenesis.net, The Virtual Scientific Journal
		There the water caves are situated near the surface which made collapsing of their ceilings (to form collapse dolines) easier (as in the karst valley of Rakov Skocjan at the lowest point of the tectonically sunken uvala).
		It is representative of the continental Dinaric Karst and the Skocjan Caves of the Slovene Littoral Karst.
		In the Skocjan Caves is the astonishing huge river canyon, and in the Postojna cave the abundant dripstone formation and the longest cave railway in the world.
	www.speleogenesis.net /pubalert/show_details.php?PubID=6 (3463 words)

	Slovenia - Skocjan Caves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This exceptional system of limestone caves comprises collapsed dolines, some 6 km of underground passages with a total depth of more than 200 m, many waterfalls and one of the largest known underground chambers.
		The cave is narrowed to the steep Hank channel, where a bridge is 45m over the Reka river.
		The view spot over the cave (423m above sea level) embraces the whole sunken Karst cave, Velika dolina, villages Škocjan and Betanja, a natural bridge with a waterfall and a 164m deep wall where the Reka river disappears in the underground world.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-SloveniaSkocjan.htm (571 words)

	Škocjanske jame
		The passage of a river from flysch to limestone is called contact karst, and the Škocjanske jame caves which are located in such a passage, are a unique example of this karst feature.
		The caves, with an immense underground gorge and halls, are the beginning of the Škocjan underground system.
		The caves probably have the biggest cave hall in Europe, measuring 12,000 square meters (1.2 hectares) in cross section.
	www.burger.si /Jame/SkocjanskeJame/ParkSkocjanskeJameENG.html (733 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The river enters Skocjan grotto in an underground passage 350m long, reappearing at the bottom of two 150m deep and 300m long chasms, before disappearing into a passage 2km long.
		As a result of continuing explorations in the Skocjan caves, new caves are still being discovered (M. Simic, in litt., July 1997).
		The following are so designated: the last 150m of the canyon before the entrance to Skocjan Caves, the collapsed dolines Mala dolina and Velika dolina, all the caves, in the Park, and a dripstone formation on the surface near the Lipje cave.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/skocjan.html (2109 words)

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		Besides having some of the largest caves in the world, the Skocjan Caves are also known for a diverse vegetation and an importance to human settlement in the area (UNESCO, 2005).
		The Skocjan caves consist of a system of caves which are 5.8 km long and the elevation distance between the cave floor and surface of the caves reach up to 209 m.
		The Skocjan Caves are important to the diversity of vegetation, human settlement, and the geology in Slovenia.
	facstaff.uww.edu /rambadtd/veniceetc/studentfile/gregg/paper.htm (599 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Skocjan Caves Regional Park, Regijski park Skocjanske jame was gazetted in October 1996 (Official Gazette of Republic of Slovenia, No. 57/96).
		Despite continuous explorations in the Skocjan caves, discoveries of new caves are still being made (M. Simic, in litt., July 1997).
		The following are designated as such: the last 150m of the canyon before the entrance to Skocjan Caves, the collapsed dolines Mala Dolina and Velika dolina, all the caves within the Regional Park, and a dripstone formation on the surface near the Lipje cave.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/skocjan.html (1883 words)

	Show Caves of Slovenia: Skocjanske Jame
		The cave collapsed on both sides of the town, or, the town is built on a natural bridge.
		All those caves were formed by the river Reka, which has its source at the feet of the highest karst peak, the Sneznik (Snow Mountain, 1,986m asl).
		First it cuts an increasing gorge, then it enters a cave right below the church of Škocjan, leaves it again on the other side and flows on the ground of two adjacent dolines, which seem to be a single one.
	www.showcaves.com /english/si/showcaves/Skocjanske.html (714 words)

	Slovenia, Skocjan Caves
		The Kras is a region rich in limestone, with caves formed by water erosion.
		The Reka River flows for 55 km as a superficial stream until it reaches the Kras, where it disappears underground for 300 meters in a cave under the village of Skocjan.
		The river continues its flow in the cave for another 3.5 km, with underground lakes and waterfalls.
	leonardfrank.com /Worldheritage/Skocjan.html (125 words)

	L@NDSCAPES: Skocjan Caves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The unusual climatic conditions in the dolines and the cave entrances accounts for the blended presence of flora.
		Outside the caves: sunny, the temperature was 16 °C
		Inside the caves: the temperature in the first part was 12 °C in the second part (Rustle cave)
	www.s-bts.kr.edus.si /~landscapes/birds/skocjan.htm (337 words)

	Publications Slovenia
		An overview of the caves, geology, flora and fauna, archaeology, and cultural history of this phenomenal Karst region in Slovenia.
		It doesn't single out caves for special mention, but gives the best known caves as examples of whatever feature is being described within a chapter.
		SKOCJAN CAVES : A good PDF free download of a Nature Trail around the Skocjan Cave is quite informative, all though aimed at the younger age group.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /chapmani/publications_slovenia.htm (855 words)

	Ramsar Sites Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The cave system is zoologically important for both its aquatic and terrestrial subterranean environment.
		The flora of the collapsed dolines, galleries and shallow chasms of the river valley at the entrance of the cave system is extremely diverse, due to the mixture of the ecological and microclimatic conditions.
		In addition, the cave system is used for scientific research and use of the area for conservation and environmental education has been considered.
	www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Slovenia/SI002D02.htm (786 words)

	Skocjan
		From the Velika dolina, where there is a small lake, fed by a waterfall, the Reka flows towards its last sinkhole in the Škocjan Caves.
		The River Reka disappears underground in Velika dolina into Skocjan Caves Park (Škocjanske jame) and then flows underground all the way to Adriatic Sea where it becomes the source of the Timav River.
		A precious treasure of archeological findings in 'Musja Jama' indicate the influence of the Greek civilization, where since the end of the bronze age and in the iron age there was located a cave temple.
	www.burger.si /Skocjan/360_VelikaDolina_02.htm (272 words)

	The Karst Region lies between Trieste, Nova Gorica and Postojna
		The five-kilometer long Skocjan Caves were created by the Reka River; here the Reka disappears, runs forty kilometers underground, and resurfaces as the Timava River that flows into the Bay of Trieste near Duino.
		The underground canyons in the Skocjan Caves stretch ninety meters from floor to ceiling.
		Krizna jama (8.2 kilometers) near Loz with its twenty-two underground lakes, Planinska jama (6.1 kilometers) near Planina with the underground confluence of the Pivka and Rak rivers, and Taborska jama are among the larger caves boasting stalactites and stalagmites in Slovenia.
	www.randburg.com /si/general/slo5.html (1222 words)

	Telegraph \| Travel \| Cloud and cuckoo land
		I'm pretty sure that caves don't have weather fronts, but that's definitely a cloud - it's white and hazy and cloud-shaped, which is a dead giveaway.
		And yet Skocjan is a Unesco World Heritage Sight and the caves are wonderful.
		It is here, in the Karst region of Slovenia, that we have stopped to tour the Skocjan caves and where I see my underground cloud.
	www.quiz.telegraph.co.uk /travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2005/07/02/etslovenia02.xml&sSheet=/travel/2005/07/02/ixtrvhome.html (1493 words)

	Boštjan Burger - World Wide Panorama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Towns, museums, castles, waterfalls, caves, lakes, mountains, natural and national parks and ethnology were presented with over 4000 VR Panoramas and interactive pictures.
		Cave systems of Postojnska jama and Skocjanske jame (UNESCO protected regional park) were displayed in a "3D" model with the Virtual Reality Panoramas in the year 2000.
		The "Cave" project continued in 2001 when the Krizna cave and Nova Krizna jama cave systems were presented with full screen tour and were completed until the March 2005 with the "eye-to-eye" views of about 8 km of the cave system with over 100 full screen VR panoramas.
	geoimages.berkeley.edu:16080 /wwppeople/html/BostjanBurger.html (214 words)

	BikeAbout Trip Log: April 26-27, 1998
		was informative and entertaining and helped bring the cave alive for us, giving us information about the rocks, the animals that live in the cave (including 5 different types of bats!), the history of its exploration, and many, many other things.
		The Skocjan Caves (pronounced 's(h)koc(z)yan' and known in Slovenian as the S(h)koc(z)janske jame) are described in the local literature as "the most eminent" of the "thousands of caves in the world." "Forever [their] beauty will be impressed in the memory and will again attract man to this mysterious underground world."
		And it was relatively early, we decided to go straight to the Skocjan Caves to talk to someone there who might be able to help us and, perhaps, to get a tour of the caves today instead of tomorrow as we had planned.
	www.bikeabout.org /journal/notes_124.htm (3452 words)

	IUCN WCPA Task Force Caves and Karst
		world see cave exploration as a hobby or recreational activity, yet at the same time, make an immense contribution through not only exploring, mapping and documenting caves, but working with researchers and developing a high level of expertise in the very special science of speleology.
		Karst landscapes are extremely important places for human, economic and scientific reasons, but they are also extremely vulnerable environments and may suffer serious impacts simply because governments, land managers and others may not understand the dynamic processes of the karst environment.
		Karst landscapes are characterised by such features as caves, dolines, poljes, blind valleys and other depressions; karst pinnacles or towers; gorges and pavements, and the fact that drainage is normally totally subterranean.
	iucn.org /themes/wcpa/theme/caveskarsts/caveskarsts.html (487 words)

	Wild Caves
		63 caves with overall 5,4 km of mapped passages from the Rio Buzi region west of the port of Beira are described in detail.
		The cave is in Brecon Beacons National Park and is used by 30,000 people a year from beginners to advanced cave divers.
		An overview of the caves, geology, flora and fauna, archaeology, and cultural history of this phenominal karst region in Slovenia.
	www.speleobooks.com /wild.html (1810 words)

	Park Skocjanske jame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There are more than 7,000 caves in Slovenia, but an exceptional underground gorge and a number of vast underground chambers give those in Škocjan a special place.
		The Škocjan Caves are composed of a system of eleven interconnected caves, flatfloored valleys extending over collapsed dolines, natural bridges and sinkholes.
		The Caves lie in the heart of the Kras region, whence the word "karst", used by geologists all over the world, originates.
	www.sigov.si /parkskj/indexan.htm (164 words)

	into BOSNIA » The cutest European capital » That's a nice, ehm, cave you got there (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Close to Postojna, a number of locations are worth visiting: Two extensive cave structures, the Postojna and Skocjan caves, a castle in what is probably the most spectacular location in the world and a lake that, most of the time, isn't really a lake.
		The Skocjan caves are said to be the nicest of the two but they close for the winter.
		The castle of Predjama, built on the outside of a cave entrance is stunning.
	www.travelhog.net /intobosnia/index.asp?show=714 (913 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Acanthocyclops hypogeus, Acanthocyclops venustus stammeri, Speocyclops infernus, Elaphoidella jeanneli) and cave beetles (Anophthalmus schmidti, Laemostenus cavicola, Bathysciotes khevenhuelleri, Bathyscia montana and Glyptomerus cavicola).
		The dry karst grasslands around and above the caves additionally hold significant numbers of rare and endangered bird species, for example Emberiza hortulana, E. cia, E. cirlus, Caprimulgus europaeus, Upupa epops, Anthus campestris, Lullua arborea, Circaetus gallicus and Lanius collurio.Hydrological/Physical notes: The main value of the hydrological system is its capacity to store water.
		The average precipitation is 1,449 mm and the air temperature averages between 10°C and 12°C. Human Uses: The cave system of kocjanske jame is state-owned and used for tourism.
	www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Slovenia/SI002D02.doc (783 words)

	Slovenia – Official Travel Guide \ category not found (en) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Skocjan Caves Regional Park lies in the south-west of Slovenia, on the main Karst plateau, from which the word Karst originates.
		The park encompasses 413 hectares and is 15 km from the Italian border (Fernetici by Trieste), 80 km from Ljubljana and 12 km from the Lipica Stud.
		The Skocjan Caves, with the vastness of their underground halls and gorges, hold a special place among the seven thousand caves in Slovenia.
	www.slovenia-tourism.si /?zavarovano_obmocje=3899 (487 words)

	Škocjan caves
		In 1986 the Skocjan Caves were included in UNESCO's world heritage,listed as a first underground wetland in the world.
		Skocjan Caves represent the most important underground phenomenon of Kras region, and are also one of the finest caves in the world.
		Skocjan Caves have huge and marvellous underground chambers.
	www.agencija-vangogh.si /eng/skocjan.asp (145 words)

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		Postojna Cave was first mentioned in 1213 and is the most popular cave in Europe with more than twenty-six million visitors so far.
		The Škocjan Caves, which are on UNESCO's list of natural and cultural world heritage sites are 1400-meter long and 150-meter deep underground.
		Sloevenia hasn't got only one national costume, most of the costumes were in use in 17th and 18th century, later the dressing became more or less the same in all parts of Slovenia.
	www2.arnes.si /~dsavli/the_image_pismo6.htm (409 words)

	Slovenia Business Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The renovation works, which cost SIT 14 million, were financed by the Institution Skocjan Caves Park from the state budget.
		A 20-minute videotape on the Skocjan Caves was also presented at the press conference.
		The Institution Skocjan Caves Park currently puts on an exhibition of 23 reproductions of paintings representing speleologists in the Skocjan Caves from 1890 to 1910.
	www.gzs.si /SBW/head.asp?idc=3148 (125 words)

	Skocjan cave, Slovenia Photos
		The Skocjan cave system is one of the largest in Europe.
		Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, the caves house some of the largest underground canyons in the world, 5 kilometres of underground passages, and many waterfalls.
		Skocjan cave, one of the largest underground canyons in the world
	travel.mongabay.com /slovenia/skocjan_cave.html (64 words)

	www.fullpassport.com - Diary pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		After a morning tour of Slovenia's Skocjan caves, we went onward to Bosnia, a 10 hour journey by bus made long by border crossings in Croatia and Bosnia.
		To reach the Skocjan caves, take a bus from Ljubljana to a one-street village, then follow these little green signs into the woods.
		The cave entrance is at the bottom of this gorge.
	www.fullpassport.com /Trip2002/Diary/aug-12.html (371 words)

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