Bloke Plateau

According to the geographer Anton Melik, the Bloke Plateau is a remnant of a Pliocene peneplain in the middle of the rejuvenated terrain.

Poorly permeable karst limestone and Triassic dolomite (in the northern part of the plateau) conditioned the formation of typical surface watercourses (Bloščica Creek and Blatnica Creek), which are bounded by wet grasslands and minerotrophic fens.

[citation needed] Geographically, the Bloke Plateau also extends to Snežnik Regional Park.

[citation needed] The Bloke Plateau was first mentioned in written documents in 1260, and its central settlement of Nova Vas in 1341.

During the Roman era, a road led across the Bloke Plateau from Aquileia and the Kvarner Gulf toward the Pannonian Basin.