Preoblikovanje pokrajine zaradi pridobivanja lignita – na primeru Šoštanja in okolice. (Slovenian)

LANDSCAPE CHANGES DUE TO LIGNITE MINING – A CASE STUDY OF THE TOWN OF ŠOŠTANJ AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. (English)

The surface around the town of Šoštanj has been heavily transformed by many years of coal mining. The extraction of the lignite, which is excavated using a special method, resulted in an extensive subsidence of the surface. The subsidence areas were flooded, creating the Šalek Lakes, including the Družmirje (Šoštanj) Lake, which is still growing. This caused significant changes in the cultural landscape and hydrological conditions. With the formation of the lake, several villages completely or partially disappeared, and all infrastructure in the subsidence area was interrupted and destroyed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Okolico Šoštanja je reliefno močno preoblikovala dolgoletna premogovniška dejavnost. Izkoriščanje lignita, ki ga kopljejo po posebni metodi, je povzročilo obsežno ugrezanje površja. Ugreznjena območja je zalila voda in nastala so Šaleška jezera, med njimi tudi Družmirsko oz. Šoštanjsko jezero, ki še vedno raste. Posledično so se močno spremenile kulturna pokrajina in hidrološke razmere. Z nastankom jezera je izginilo več naselij oziroma njihovih delov, na ugreznjenem območju pa je bila prekinjena in uničena tudi vsa infrastruktura. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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