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    The Karst Shepherd (Slovene: kraški ovčar listen or kraševec listen) is a breed of dog of the livestock guardian type, originating in Slovenia. This breed...
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    Sheep dog (redirect from Shepherd Dog)
    Kangal Shepherd Karakachan Kars Karst Shepherd Komondor Koyun dog Kuchi Kuvasz Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog Mazandrani dog Mioritic Shepherd Mongolian...
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    Ovcarski Pas – Sarplaninac' and 'Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog – Sharplanina'. In 1968 the Kraški Ovčar or Karst Shepherd Dog, which had previously been considered...
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    Kaikadi Kamchatka Sled Dog Kangal Shepherd Dog Kanni Karakachan Karelian Bear Dog Karelo-Finnish Laika Kars Karst Shepherd Keeshond Kerry Beagle Kerry Blue...
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    began there in the 8-7th millennium BC. Back then shepherding was a difficult job: the first shepherds did not have horses and managed livestock on foot...
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  • Illyrian Shepherd, an extinct dog breed, predecessor of two modern breeds: A livestock-guardian dog named after the Sharr Mountains Karst Shepherd, a livestock-guardian...
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    dog, horse, sheep, goat, honey bee, and cattle). Among these are the Karst Shepherd, the Carniolan honeybee, and the Lipizzan horse. The marble trout or...
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    sheep, Improved Jezersko-Solčava sheep, Istrian milk, Drežnica goat, Karst Shepherd dog and Carniolan honey bee (some also include marble trout). Slovenian...
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    The Karst Living Museum (Slovene: Živi muzej Krasa) is a nature trail in Slovenia. Part of the Karst Plateau, the museum is an ecologically-important area...
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    Orjen (section Karst)
    their course. Glaciers also shaped jagged peaks and ridges. Glacial and karst type relief combine now in a unique coastal scenery. There are few places...
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    larger Gorizia Statistical Region, and the south belongs to the Coastal–Karst Statistical Region. After they had acquired the Carniola hinterland in 1335...
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    Filozofski fakultet u Prištini Milanović, P.T., 2006. Karst istočne Hercegovine i Dubrovačkog priobalja: Karst of Eastern Herzegovina and Dubrovnik Littoral....
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    1917 Marian apparitions that were purportedly witnessed by three local shepherd children at the Cova da Iria. The Catholic Church later recognized these...
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    opening at the base of a bluff or cliff. In contrast to solutional caves (karst), which are often many miles long or wide, rock shelters are almost always...
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    Mississippi River border areas along the eastern and northeastern flanks. Karst features such as springs, losing streams, sinkholes and caves are common...
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    inland, greener pastures can be seen, as the climate and elevations change. Karst topography dominates the landscape. The land is interspersed with river...
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    the terrain depresses sharply. Springs may also be formed as a result of karst topography, aquifers or volcanic activity. Springs have also been observed...
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    inhabitants were shepherds in the 14th century. The main 14 km long ridge contains mountains built of limestone and dolomite with distinctive karst topography...
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    waterfalls. The national park was founded in 1949 and is in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The important...
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    Report, Groundwater Management of coastal karst aquifers, Brussels 2005. Ford, D. C. and Williams, P., Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology, Chichester...
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    Dobšiná Ice Cave (category Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst)
    the UNESCO World Heritage list as a part of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst site, because of its unique cave formations and its natural beauty...
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    Blidinje plateau (Croatian: Blidinjska visoravan) is a karst plateau in Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated at the heart of Dinaric Alps, between major mountains...
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    and glacial action has contributed to create an impressive area of alpine karst. The highest peak is Torre de Cerredo, with an altitude of 2,650 metres...
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    deepest one in Europe. The cave was discovered in 1971 by Marc Degrinis, a shepherd. In 1972, the AVEN group in Lyon widened the entrance, and explored to...
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    Argon Pedion (category Karst fields)
    Ἀργὸν Πεδίον, lit. 'untilled plain') is the geological name of a "closed karst basin" in the Arcadian highlands in the Peloponnese peninsula of southern...
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    was set along Mijiashan Hill of the Yellow River Stone Forest, a treeless karst terrain at the transition from the Loess Plateau at its south to the Tengger...
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    Tatras National Park 1978 728 Veľká Fatra National Park 2002 404 Slovak Karst National Park 2002 346 Poloniny National Park 1997 298 Malá Fatra National...
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    2010. Retrieved 16 January 2011. "Sea Shepherd Renames Its Whale Defending Ship the Steve Irwin". Sea Shepherd. 5 December 2007. Archived from the original...
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    smallest grunters. The gudgeon Bostrychus microphthalmus from the Maros Karst is the only described species of cave-adapted fish from Sulawesi, but an...
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    the mount took on the popularized name Txindoki by extension after some shepherd huts nearby. It is sometimes referred to as the Basque Matterhorn too,...
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