uvala

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Noun

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uvala (plural uvalas)

  1. (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[1], volume 134, numbers 1–2, Elsevier BV, →DOI, 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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ûʋala/
  • Hyphenation: u‧va‧la

Noun

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ȕvala f (Cyrillic spelling у̏вала)

  1. valley
  2. inlet, cove

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