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The Kordun region is a part of central Croatia from the bottom of the Petrova Gora (Peter's mountain) mountain range, which extends along the rivers Korana and Slunjčica, and forms part of the border region to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The southern border of Kordun touches the Lika region. Most of Kordun with its centre Slunj belongs to Karlovac County (Slunj, Cetingrad, Krnjak, Rakovica and Vojnić). Gvozd belongs to Sisak-Moslavina County. In former times, this region belonged to the Habsburg Military Frontier towards the Ottoman Empire.
The area has rich wood resources, wildlife and natural drinking water. During the Croatian War of Independence in the 1990s, the region suffered massive war damage. Majority of it's ethnic serb population, which formed the majority of population in Kordun, was driven out when in 1995 Croatian army took control of the area, by defeating the Serb army with the assistance of NATO, and an American defence company that served as a consultant. So despite the fact that the Serb population was allowed to return and offered citizenship (and those who did had their homes rebuilt), only a fraction of previous Serb population did, so today most of this region remains lifeless in terms of population. As result, the economic situation is stagnating, so there is a large tendency of emigration from the region to larger cities.
A typical phenomenon of this region is the porous composition of the karst soil (consisting of limestone), which creates numerous crater-like dolines (sinkholes, Croatian dolina). There also exist many underground river systems, of which many have not yet been discovered or which still need thorough examination. Also, the typical soil of the Kordun region is red earth (Terra rossa).
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