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Krka
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The Krka National Park is a spacious, largely
unchanged region of exceptional and multifaceted
natural value, and includes one or more preserved
or insignificantly altered ecosystems.
It is
intended primarily for scientific, cultural,
educational, recreational,
and tourism activities such as visiting and
sightseeing.
It was proclaimed a national park in 1985.
The Krka National Park is
located entirely within the territory of Sibnik-
Knin County and encompasses an area of 109
square kilometers along
the Krka River: two kilometers downriver
from Knin to Skradin and the lower part of
the Čikola River.
From the flooded part of the mouth, it is
72.5 kilometers in length,
making the Krka the 22nd longest river in
Croatia.
The source of the Krka River is at
the base of the Dinaric Mountains, 3.5 kilometers
northeast of the base of Knin and 22 meters
below Topoljski Slap, Veliki Buk and Krcic
Slap, which are noisy cascades in the winter
but run dry during the summer.
The length of the
freshwater section of the river is 49 kilometers
and that
of the brackish section is 23.5 kilometers.
Significant tributaries of the Krka River
include Krcic, Kosovcica,
Orasnica, Butisnica and Cikola
with Vrb.
With its seven travertine waterfalls and
a total drop of 242 meters,
the Krka River is a natural and karstic phenomenon.
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