a large elliptical depression in karst regions, sometimes containing a marsh or small lake
Word origin
Serbo-Croat, literally: field; related to floor
Examples of 'polje' in a sentence
polje
Good examples of polje-like depressions, dolines, karstic gorges and karrenfields are widely distributed over the mountain range.
Ginés Angel 1999, 'Agriculture, grazing and land changes at the Serra de Tramuntana Karstic Mountains.',International Journal of Speleologyhttp://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/1.1.28_Gines.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)