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fiogf49gjkf0d SLOVENIA IS A NATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL EUROPE COVERING AN
AREA OF 20,251 SQ KM. IT IS BORDERED ON THE WEST BY ITALY,
AND THE ADRIATIC SEA, NORTH BY AUSTRIA, NORTHEAST BY
HUNGARY AND SOUTHEAST BY CROATIA.
IT IS LARGELY A MOUNTAINOUS, FORESTED COUNTRY
WITH DEEP AND FERTILE VALLEYS AND MANY RIVERS.
THE NORTHWESTERN END OF THE COUNTRY IS PART OF THE JULIAN
ALPS AND INCLUDES MT. TRIGLAV, 2,864M. THE SAVA RIVER FROM
THIS REGION FLOWS SOUTHEASTWARD AND CUTS A GORGE THROUGH
THE HILLY COAL-MINING COUNTRY NEAR THE TOWNS OF TRBOVLJE,
ZAGORJE AND HRASTNIK.
THE KARAWANKEN MOUNTAINS LIE ON THE AUSTRIAN BORDER.
FURTHER SOUTH BEGIN THE KAMNIK MOUNTAINS. ALONG THE DRAVA
RIVER THE COUNTRY IS COMPOSED OF ROLLING HILLS THAT
CONTINUE INTO CROATIA.
THE AREA BETWEEN THE MURA, DRAVA, SAVINJA AND SAVA RIVERS
IS GOOD VINE GROWING COUNTRY.
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