The purpose of our research was to elaborate a geomorphological analysis of the Logatec polje, which we accomplished by pre-defined goals that included an analysis of the existing literature, morphographic, morphometric, and morphostructural analysis. The final objective was a morphogenetic interpretation of the Logatec polje based on the pre-studied literature and previous analyses. The geomorphological analytical method was used to identify and describe the geomorphological forms occurring in the Logatec polje and its surroundings qualitatively and quantitatively, and to relate their spatial distribution and formation to the geological structure of the area. Next, the geomorphological processes that have shaped the relief of the Logatec polje were explained based on the literature and the results of the analysis. The Logatec polje is characterized by being surrounded by the fluviokarst relief to the west with geomorphological forms typical for this environment, such as gullies, ridges, dells, and fluviokarst valley. To the east and south, the fluviokarst relief passes into the karst relief, with numerous dolines, collapse dolines, cone hills, and uvalas. Quaternary deposits of varying thickness in which the suffosion dolines were formed cover the bottom of the Logatec polje and are spatially very unevenly distributed across the polje. In the addition to the watercourses flowing into the Logatec polje from the west, former watercourses that are no longer active or whose course has been diverted played an important role in the genesis of the Logatec polje. However, geomorphological forms, such as former meanders and sinkholes, fan terrace and the fluviokarst valley remained on the surface.
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