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Carinthia ((スロベニア語:Koroška), ), also Slovene Carinthia or Slovenian Carinthia (''Slovenska Koroška''), is a traditional region in northern Slovenia. The term refers to the small southeasternmost area of the former Duchy of Carinthia, which after World War I was allocated to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes according to the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain. It has no distinct centre, but a local centre in each of the three central river valleys among the heavily forested mountains. Since the entry of Slovenia into the European Union in May 2004, much effort has been made to re-integrate Carinthia as a cultural, tourist and economic unit. The historic region has no official status as an administrative district within Slovenia, although the association with an informal province (''pokrajina'') is quite common. ==Geography== The region lies in the Karawanks mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps and comprises two spatially divided areas: * the Meža Valley (''Mežiška dolina'') down to the confluence with the Drava valley (''Dravska dolina'') and Mislinja valley (''Mislinjska dolina''), including the municipalities of Črna na Koroškem, Mežica, Prevalje and Ravne na Koroškem, Dravograd and Slovenj Gradec * the Municipality of Jezersko south of the Seeberg Saddle mountain pass. All these municipalities border on the Austrian state of Carinthia in the north. In 2005, the Carinthia Statistical Region was established, which covers a larger area of about , parts of which encompass a number of adjacent municipalities belonging to the traditional region of Styria like the town of Slovenj Gradec in the Mislinja Valley or Muta and Radlje down the Drava River,〔 though not Jezersko, which is part of the Upper Carniola Statistical Region. The landscape of Carinthia is very diverse, with predominance of hilly and mountainous relief, in the Pleistocene transformed by glaciers. The climate is partially an alpine climate, and partially a transitional continental climate. An important element is temperature inversion. Over two thirds of Carinthia is covered by forest and the percentage is still increasing. The predominant tree species are beech, fir, and spruce. The lower areas have been polluted by lead due to a lead mine. Despite this, Carinthia is home to much game (hare, deer, roe deer) and alpine animal species above the timberline, like at Mount Peca or Mount Raduha. The Drava River is home to many fish.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carinthia (Slovenia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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