Gorenjska

Tine PeterlinŽiga LikarLenart Razpotnik

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Outline

1. General Information2. Sports

1. Vogel2. Pokljuka

3. Towns4. Food5. Land Use & Economy

General Information

• North-West of Slovenia

• Kranj (main city)

• Bordered by Carinthia (North), Lower Styria (East) and the Slovenian Littoral (West)

• Southern Limestone Alps, Julian Alps and the Karavanke range

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Sports

• Winter: skiing, snowboarding and ice hockey• Summer: climbing, walking and nordic walking

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Vogel_________________________________________________________________

• Above the Lake Bohinj, in Triglav National Park• 1535m above the sea• Ski season: December to April• Famous ski slope with 8 cable railways

Pokljuka_________________________________________________________________

• Mountainous plateau• Length: 20 km• Covered with woods• 1300m above sea level• Production of charcoal

Towns_________________________________________________________________

Kranj Bled

Bohinj KranjskaGora

Food

• Cream slice (Cremeschnitte/Kremšnita)• Vanilla and custard cream cake dessert• Associated with Bled• Ištvan Kovačevič (1953)

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Land Use and Economy

• 6,4% - farming areas• 12,4% - forests• 20,7% - barren surfaces

• tourism• electrical machinery• finished wood products• metal processing industry

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Thank you

Sources:• Gorenjski glas, Veliki splošni leksikon, Slovenia today• http://www.kam.si/gorenjska.html• http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorenjska• http://kraji.eu/slovenija/bled/slo• http://www.slovenia.info/?

naravne_znamenitosti_jame=2186&lng=2• http://www.vogel.si/vogel-en.php

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