uvala
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English
Noun
uvala (plural uvalas)
- (geology) A closed karst depression, a landform usually of elongated or compound structure and of larger size than a sinkhole.
- 2011 November, Jelena Ćalić, “Karstic uvala revisited: Toward a redefinition of the term”, in Geomorphology, volume 134, numbers 1–2, Elsevier BV, , archived from the original on 2 December 2023, pages 32–42:
- Uvalas are a particular type of karst closed depression. While other types of closed depression—dolines and poljes—are regularly listed and relatively well-defined in overviews of karst surface morphology, uvalas are either excluded or their vague identification is stressed
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
ȕvala f (Cyrillic spelling у̏вала)