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10 unusual facts about Dinaric Alps


Balkan snow vole

The genus name means "Dinaric mouse", referring to the Dinaric Alps.

Buša cattle

The Buša cattle (or also Busha) is a small native breed of cattle with numerous strains found throughout southern parts of former Yugoslavia (Dinaric Alps).

Drvar

Drvar lies in the vast valley, the southeastern part of Bosanska Krajina, between the Osječenica, Klekovača, Vijenca and Šator mountains of the Dinaric Alps.

Istočno Sarajevo

East Sarajevo lies in the Sarajevo valley, in the middle of the Dinaric Alps.

Karst Shepherd

The Karst Shepherd is named after the Karst Plateau in Slovenia and Italy, and more generally after the Karst landscape that extends to Croatia and partly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the Gulf of Trieste to the Dinaric Alps.

Kosovo Campaign Medal

The central design depicts two rocky mountain peaks, with a pass between in references to the Dinaric Alps, the campaign's area of operations.

Ljubljana Zoo

The zoo is notable in that the city is at the intersection of the Alpine, Pannonian, Mediterranean, and Dinaric habitats and has 119 species and (not counting insects) a total of 500 animals.

Rastoke

All along the travertine barrier, houses and mills have been built in the unique style of this region, a combination of the architectural styles of the Dinaric and the Posavina region.

Split-Dalmatia County

Parts of the Dinaric Alps, including Dinara itself, form the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina while the Kozjak, Mosor and Biokovo mountains separate the coastal strip from the hinterland.

Svetovid

In the Dinaric Alps there is a peak called "Suvid" and a Church of St. Vid.


Mittelgebirge

Though located within the Alpine foothills, the Jura Mountains are usually considered a separate Mittelgebirge range, while the Kras Plateau, leading to the Dinarides, geologically forms a part of the Southern Alps.

Northern Croatian Littoral

Foothills of mountains forming the northeast boundary of the region, as well as islands in the Kvarner Gulf, are a part of the Dinaric Alps, linked to a Late Jurassic to recent times fold and thrust belt, itself part of the Alpine orogeny, extending southeast from the southern Alps.

Podgorica Municipality

It occupies the area north of Skadar Lake, including the entire Zeta Plain, and stretches north into the sparsely populated Dinaric Alps.

Tropolje

Mountainous terrain of the region is a part of the Dinaric Alps, linked to a Late Jurassic to recent times fold and thrust belt, itself part of the Alpine orogeny, extending southeast from the southern Alps.