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The climate of the Trnovo Forest
Plateau is defined by its elevation and orientation. The Trnovo Forest Plateau lies in a continental temperature zone. It receives an average of 1,881 millimeters (74.1 in) of precipitation per year. Differences in the quantity of precipitation differ little on a
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In addition to forestry, farming is also an important economic activity. The basic farming activity is animal husbandry, especially raising cattle. The share of the farming population is 14.4%. Tourism is becoming increasingly important: the steep slopes of the plateau attract hikers, and some karst
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the rivers leveled the tectonic upwelling and filled the valleys. Traces were also left by
Pliocene glaciation because glaciers created small cirques on what had been a relatively level surface, as well as ground moraines and terminal moraines. The rivers transported gravel and deposited it in lower
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The plateau had a population of 4,534 in the 1991 census, and the population density was only 9 per square kilometer (23/sq mi), making the area one of the most sparsely populated in
Slovenia. Only the western part is inhabited. The settlements were formed through more recent high-elevation
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The share of forest is 75.5%, but this is increasing because of the afforestation of abandoned farmland. Poor accessibility has resulted in relatively good preservation of the landscape features. The highest peaks are overgrown with mountain pine or grass. Dinaric beech and fir forest grow at
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is a typical weather phenomenon, blowing down from the plateau towards the sea with gusts often exceeding 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph). The bora can cause considerable damage in the area, uprooting trees and tearing the roofs off of houses.
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flysch. Two-thirds of the surface is covered by limestone, one-fourth by dolomite, and the remainder is flysch and loose material.
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