The Kordun region is a part of central Croatia at the bottom of the Petrova gora mountain range, which extends along the river Korana and forms part of the border region to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The southern border of Kordun touches the Lika region. Kordun with its centre Slunj wholly belongs to Karlovac county. In former times, this region belonged to the Habsburg Military Frontier towards the Ottoman Empire. Korana is a river in central Croatia. ... Lika is a mountainous region in central Croatia, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. ... Jordan Bicanic has founded the city of Slunj in early middle ages. ... Categories: Stub | Counties of Croatia ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... Military Frontier (Military Border, Military Krajina, Vojna Krajina, Војна Крајина, Militärgrenze, Confiniaria militaria) was a borderland of Habsburg Austria which acted as the cordon sanitaire against the Turks from the Middle Ages (Croatian Krajina) or from the late 17th and 18th centuries (Slavonian and Banat Krajina) until the 19th century. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Bursa (1335 - 1365), Edirne (1365-1453), İstanbul (Constantinople) (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40...

The area has rich wood resources. The Kordun region had to suffer massive war damage and many inhabitants had to leave this region because of the war. (The region has been occupied by serbian irregular soldiers from 1991 until 1995.) Today, the economic situation is slowly improving, but still there is a quite large tendency of emigration from this agricultural region with its many hills. A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood derives from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Emigration is the act and the phenomenon of leaving ones native country to settle abroad. ...

A typical phenomenon of this region is the porous composition of the karst soil (consisting of limestone), which creates numerous crater-like dolines (sinkholes, Croatian dolina). There also exist many underground river systems, of which many have not yet been discovered or which still need thorough examination. Also, the typical soil of the Kordun region is red earth (Terra rossa). A phenomenon (plural: phenomena) is an observable event, especially something special (literally something that can be seen from the Greek word phainomenon = observable). ... A pore, in general, is some form of opening, usually very small. ... Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ... Limestone (CaCO3) is a sedimentary rock composed of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate). ... A special type of sinkhole - formed by rainwater leaking through the pavement and carrying dirt into a ruptured sewer pipe Sinkholes, also known as sinks, dolines, and cenotes, are formed by the collapse of cave roofs and are a feature of landscapes that are based on limestone bedrock. ...