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Carnia

Erosional and Karst Formations

Carnia is a historical and geographic region in the northeastern Italian area of Friuli, within the Province of Udine in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, bordered by Austria to the north and Veneto to the west. It comprises 27 municipalities south of the main ridge of the Carnic Alps, whose highest peak, Mount Coglians, reaches 2,780 meters, and its mountainous terrain is cut by seven valleys carrying rivers including the Tagliamento, which rises near the Mauria Pass. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Carnia

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Geomorphology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Carnia
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
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Carnia (Wikipedia)
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Carnia (Friulian: Cjargne or Cjargna/Cjargno in local variants, Venetian: Ciargna, German: Karnien, Slovene: Karnija) is a historical-geographic region in the northeastern Italian area of Friuli.
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Wikidata: Carnia
Wikidata Q369765, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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