plitvice lakes national park (croatian: plitvička jezera) is the oldest and the largest national...
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Plitvice Lakes National Park
(Croatian: Plitvička jezera) is the oldest and
the largest national park in Croatia.
The national park is world famous for its 16
lakes arranged in cascades and waterfalls.
These lakes are separated by natural dams
of travertine rock, which is the result of an
interplay between water, air and plants.
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Lake Vrana (Croatian: Vransko jezero) in
Dalmatia is the largest lake in Croatia. It is a
designated nature park, a kind of protected
area in Croatia. It is an ornithological
reserve, an almost untouched natural
habitat of birds.
The area of the lake is about 30 square
kilometres, but it is only 4 metres deep.
Lake Vrana, in the centre of Cres, is a fresh
water lake, that supplies islands Cres and
Lošinj with drinking water.
The lake is 1.5 km wide, 7 km long and it is
cryptodepression. Its bottom reaches a
depth of around 60 m below the sea level,
but its surface lies 14 m above it.
First it was thought that the water in the
lake was linked to some mainland source by
underground streams, but its water
originates from rain.
Red Lake and Blue Lake (Croatian: Crveno i
Modro jezero ) are two karst lakes located
near the town of Imotski in the south of
Croatia. They lie in deep sinkholes possibly
formed by the collapse of large
underground caves.
Red LakeRed Lake
Blue LakeBlue Lake
Water depth varies over seasons. At the end
of summer, Blue Lake may completely
disappear.
The average water depth of Red Lake is 290
meters.
Black SeaAdriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Danube River (Croatian: Dunav), the
Drava (Drava), the Sava and the Kupa are
long, slow and muddy. They meander
through the Panonian plain.
The Danube River (Croatian: Dunav)
Kopački rit – a swamp area at the river
mouth of the river of Drava (Croatian:
Drava)
Rivers that flow to
the Adriatic Sea
(the Zrmanja, the
Krka, the Cetina,
the Neretva…) are
short, fast and
clear. They form
gorges in the
Dinaric Alps.
Krka waterfalls
In the karst areas of Croatia (the Dinaric
Alps), rivers may disappear through
sinkholes, continuing underground.
Subterranean rivers (the Gacka, the Lika,
the Dobra and the Pazinčica) are rivers that
run partly beneath the ground surface.
These subterranean rivers are often
connected to submarine karst springs in
the Adriatic Sea that are called vrulje in
Croatian.
SUBMARINE SUBMARINE
KARST SPRINGKARST SPRING
““VRULJA”VRULJA”
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