KRKA (distance 65 km)
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 and is the seventh national
park in Croatia.
The Krka National Park is located entirely within
the territory of Šibenik-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 Cikola 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,
Orašnica, Butišnica 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.