8 TELEKI 



The topical treatment of Dalmatia's karstlands contains two sections, each with two sub- 

 sections: 



1. Specific physiographic patterns: 



a. Karst features and terrain forms. 



b. Karst shoreline types. 



2. Characteristic cultural patterns: 



a. Cultivation patterns. 



b. Settlement types. 



Slide 8 (layout page No. 256) shows the Dalmatian karst features and their local termi- 

 nology. It also reveals that there is no true relation between precipitation and rock type or 

 between structure and karst landforms. 



Slide 9 (layout page No. 257) shows a typical karstland with those karst features marked 

 which generally can be seen on smaller scale air photos. Such features include dolines, uvalas, 

 karst canyons, dry valleys, and poljes. 



Slide 10 (layout page No. 258) is a detail of the previous slide. Larger scale naturally 

 shows features like dolines better. One of these dolines is represented by a groundshot. An- 

 other groundshot shows the lapies, which cannot be detected on air photos. Yet these are of 

 great importance because they may act as a barrier to cross-country movement and traffic- 

 ability. 



Slide 11 (layout page No. 259) is a forested karst region of the backland of northern 

 Dalmatia. The presence of karst topography is discernible solely by the "doline pattern." The 

 groundshots show an uvala easy to detect on air photos, whereas the bogaz shown on the other 

 groundshot does not show up on air photos or is mucli too often undiscernible. 



Slide 12 (layout page No. 261) shows a polje of the northern forested karstlands of 

 Dalmatia. Its presence can be seen mainly by the checking of drainage which disappears in the 

 center of the polje and shows thus subsoil karst structure, rather than by the groundshot taken 

 at early spring time and showing the flooded stage. Seasonal flooding again is of military im- 

 portance but can be detected on air photographs only if air photos taken at different seasons 

 are available. 



Slide 13 (layout page No. 262) shows a karst canyon as a detail of slide 9. These karst 

 canyons commonly contain routes or trails important to communication. The other photo of 

 this layout shows a section with submerged canyons which are generally good navigation chan- 

 nels to larger sheltered bays. The ground shot shows a number of huge springs, which indicate 

 indirectly the existence of a huge underground cavern system. Oblique shots taken from the 

 right angle could show this kind of karst feature. 



Slide 14 (layout page No. 265) shows karst plateaus and their escarpments. The ground 

 shots show the rough and dissected surface. This surface and the escarpments with their 

 steep walls facing the sea are considerable barriers to cross-coimtry movement and traffic- 

 ability. The broken surface cannot be seen on air photos, but generally appears as wide grey 

 patches. 



Slide 15 (layout page No. 267) shows karst shoreline types. The four upper stereos are 

 of limestone coasts; the two lower ones are coasts composed of clay. Among the four upper 

 views, the two top stereos show shoreline patterns of the northern Dalmatian karst. The two 

 lower are of the southern area. In the northern area, islands lie off the mainland shore. In the 

 southern area no islands shadow the shores. Wave erosion is therefore different and produces 

 the highly intricate "lacy" shoreline of southern Dalmatia. These factors may be of importance 

 to landing operations. 



Slide 16 (layout page No. 270) presents cultivation patterns of the Dalmatian coastal zone 

 area. Cultivation pattern of a barren and a forested karst region is shown on the two lower 

 stereos. The upper left stereo represents a pre-war Italian, the upper right stereo a pre-war 



