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Croatian cultivation type. Note difference between the two— the intensity of cultivation of the 

 Italian area as against the desolate character of the Croatian area. This may be of importance 

 to the military since it reflects the differing skill and standards of the population as well as 

 population density factors. 



Slide 17 (layout page No. 271) shows a cultural barrier to cross-country movement; 

 "stone hedges" built by the population to preserve the little top-soil against heavy runoff, but 

 also to get rid of the tremendous amount of rock which certainly does not facilitate plowing. 



Slide 18 (layout page No. 272) presents a settlement of the southern Dalmatian coastal 

 zone, the town and port of Omis. 



Slide 19 (layout page No. 273) presents a similar, although bigger settlement of the north- 

 ern Dalmatian coastal zone, Rijeka (Fiume). Note on both slides the difficulty to harbor build- 

 ing, the abruptness of the coasts and the backland, and the exposure to winds and waves. Rail- 

 ways and other routes wind considerably, and viaducts have to be built over karst canyons. 



Slides 20 and 21 (layout pages Nos. 274-275) show the northern Dalmatian coastal zone 

 type by means of block diagrams and vertical stereo pictures. 



Slides 22 and 23 (layout pages Nos. 276-277) show the same for the southern Dalmatian 

 coastal zones. These last four slides may give an impression of the general character of an 

 abrupt coastal zone type, mountain sub- type, of the Mediterranean area. Because mountain 

 ranges run parallel to the shoreline and plateau escarpments have the same direction, land- 

 ward operations become somewhat difficult. Sometimes better circumstances prevail in areas 

 where the structural strike of mountains is oblique or vertical to the shoreline, as in western 

 Turkey or Spain. 



In general, abrupt mountain coastal zones with karst topography present real barriers to 

 cross-country movement, especially where the access is by rocky and steep coasts exposed to 

 the wave and current action. 



