| Title: | Geomorphometry of Slovenia’s mountainous surface |
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| Authors: | ID Perko, Drago (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-99017-5_4
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.16 - Independent Scientific Component Part or a Chapter in a Monograph |
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| Organization: |  ZRC SAZU - The Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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| Abstract: | Geomorphometry is the science of measuring land surfaces. The basic geomorphometric indicators include surface height, slope, and aspect. Their values were calculated for all of Slovenia and separately for its mountainous and non-mountainous surface, using a 5-m digital elevation model. Slovenia’s average surface height is 556.4 m, its average surface slope is 16.5°, and its average surface aspect measured from the south (0°) to the north (180°) is 84.8°. The average height of its non-mountainous surface is 320.0 m and that of its mountainous surface is 735.5 m, the average slope of its non-mountainous and mountainous surface is 9.5° and 21.8°, respectively, and the average aspect of its non-mountainous and mountainous surface is 81.2° and 87.5°, respectively. Slovenia’s lowest point is at 0 m on the coast of the Gulf of Trieste and the lowest point of its mountainous surface is at 54 m at the bottom of the Soča Valley north of Nova Gorica. The highest point of Slovenia and its mountainous surface is at 2,864 m at the top of Mount Triglav. Geomorphometric indicators help design landform typologies. Slovenian geographers have produced five so far: the first in 1935 and the last in 2019. The one created in 1992 is the only typology with a distinct geomorphometric character and the first computer-designed one. It divides Slovenia into 195 geomorphometric units and seven geomorphometric types. Among all Slovenian regions, Haloze has the roughest surface and the Mura Plain has the least rough surface, and among the mountainous regions, the roughest surface is characteristic of the Idrija Hills and the least rough surface can be found in the Dry Carniola and Dobrepolje region. |
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| Keywords: | digital elevation model, height, slope, aspect, geomorphometric unit, geomorphometric type, landform, landscape |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.03.2026 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2026 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 57-77 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-28681  |
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| UDC: | 911:551.4.035(497.4) |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-99017-5_4 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 270851843 |
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| Copyright: | © The Author(s) 2026 |
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| Note: | Raziskovalni podatki, na katerih temelji objava, so na voljo v članku. |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 28.03.2026 |
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| Views: | 43 |
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