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Its coastline is 445 km long (with islands making up 539.9 km). Smaller part of Istria also belongs to Primorje-Gorski Kotar county of Croatia. Mirroring the bay of Venice across the Adriatic and the Gulf of Kvarner, the region is just in the heart of Europe, not far from the Julian Alps. Western most point is at Savudrija while the most southern one is near Premantura , ( Promontorio in Latin), on the local promontory Kamenjak.
The terrain basically consists of a limestoneshale overlaid by limestone. Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed of mineral calcite (calcium carbonate). The primary source of this calcite is usually marine organisms. These organisms secrete shells that settle out of t plateauFor alternate uses of the term, see Plateau (disambiguation). In geology and earth science, a plateau is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat open country if the uplift was recent in geologic history. Plateaus, like mesas and buttes,, much of which lacks waterDrinking water This article focuses on water as we experience it every day. The water (molecule) article describes water from a scientific and technical perspective. Water is an abundant substance on Earth. It exists in many forms, such as sea, rain, and owing to its karst topographyTopography a geography term, refers to the "lay of the land", or the physiogeographic characteristics of land in terms of elevation, slope, and orientation. Terrain is a similar term, used more to describe the land itself than the study of it. Topographic with northeast section being extention of the Dinaric AlpsDinaric Alps or Dinarides are a mountain chain in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. They extend from the Julian Alps in the northwest down to the Sar- Pindus massive in the southeast. Mountain ranges.. The highest point is Vojak on Ucka mountainThis article is about the landform. For other meanings, see Mountain (disambiguation). Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally much higher and ste 1,401 m above sea level while another range of mountains is called Cicarija. There are so called "bijela", "siva", "crvena" Istra, (white, gray and red Istria). The white one is around the mountain peaks, the gray are the fertile inner lands while the red one is blood-red painted lands of terra rossa or " crljenica" along or closer to the sea.
In terms of geology area is interesting with sites like Grotto of Beredine near Porec, the underground river Foiba in Pazin. Limski Kanal is only fjord resembling structure in the Europe outside the Scandinavia. The quarry near Rovinj is just designed for study of geology. The longest river, Mirna (Mirna=she, the tranquil one in the Croatian language) is just 32 km long with its mouth near Novigrad / Cittanova . Other rivers are the Dragonja and Raša.
In its continental plains and valleys, lands are used in agriculture (cereals, vegetables, orchard). Closer to the sea red lands are used for cultivation of the grapes, vine, olives figs. Today, the great attention is being given to agriculture and the production of ecologic food, the olive gardens, and for production of quality wines. The coastline and the islands are rich in Mediterranean vegetation, with pine woods - the green macchi, (mostly holm oak and strawberry tree). One third of the territory is covered with woods, mostly of the oak and pine trees.
Legally protected landscapes in the Istria are well-known natural reservations national park Brijuni and nature park Ucka. Other interesting localities are Lim Kanal, wood near Motovun , park woods Zlatni Rt and Šijana near Pula, protected landscape Kamenjak in the extreme south of Istria, reservation Palud , ( ornithology), near Rovinj. Brijuni archipelago is interesting as the habitat of about 680 plant species, also decorated by the most diverse vegetation and olive groves.