Especially on the north, the valley is closed in by a chain of high mountains, from northeast to northwest: Paški Kozjak hills with its peaks Basališče (1273 m) and Špik (1063 m), and Smodivnik (923 m), Stropnica (860 m), Vodemlja (780 m), Ljubela (778 m), Graška Gora Hill (, 800 m), the Krištan Mountain Pasture () (654 m), Big Peak () and Stakne Peak (, 1223 m).
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