Definition
In most references, uvalas are defined as karst depressions which are formed due to coalescence of several dolines.
Ćalić, 2009
Uvalas are hollows with undulating floors made up of more than one doline.
Ćalić, 2009
The term uvala is used in a variety of ways and is sometimes applied to youthful poljes or to dry valleys floored by sinkholes.
Ćalić, 2009 po Palmer, 2007
uvala - a complex closed depression with several lesser depressions within its rim.
Gillieson, 1996
Uvalas are large, km-scale closed karst depressions of elongated or irregular plan form.
Mihevc, Prelovšek in Zupan Hajna, 2010
The word “uvala” is a common toponym in the Dinaric karst, always denoting a large depression.
Mihevc, Prelovšek in Zupan Hajna, 2010
uvala : Large closed depression formed by the coalesence of several dolines; compound doline.
Monroe, 1970
Frame
| CAUSE | formed by the coalesence of several dolines |
| FORM | closed |
| floored by sinkholes | |
| denoting a large depression | |
| with several lesser depressions within its rim | |
| complex closed | |
| SIZE | large |