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That uvala is 1. a multi-coned closed depression; now little-used term of croat, serb or bulgarian origin. the term was introduced to describe features assumed to be the second step in a 3-stage process of polje development, in which dolines were supposed to coalesce into uvalas. this mechanism is no longer accepted and the term uvala has fallen into disuse [9]. 2. large closed depression formed by the coalescence of several dolines which have enlarged towards each other. typically, the floor is irregular, being a combination of doline floors and degraded slopes of the individual hollows [19]. 3. a yugoslavian term for an elongated closed depression in karst that is commonly dry or with periodical small sinking streams or inundations. they are generally a few hundred meters long and may be considered as a small polje [20]. synonyms: (american.) compound doline; (french.) cuvala; (german.) uvala; (greek.) ouvala; (italian.) avvalamento carsico, uvala; (russian.) uvala; (spanish.) uvala; (turkish.) koyak; kokurdan; (yugoslavian.) draga. see also canyon; karst valley; valley sink. related to polje.?

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