Plitvice National Park In Croatia

In today's post we will visit Croatia's largest National Park which includes Plitvice lakes. The national park was founded in 1949 and is situated in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage register among the first natural sites worldwide. Each year, more than 1,200,000 visitors are recorded. The protected area extends over 296.85 square kilometres.

The Upper Lakes are a system of 12 lakes: Prošćansko, Ciginovac, Okrugljak, Batinovac, Veliko, Malo, Vir, Galovac, Milino, Gradinsko, Veliki Burget and Kozjak separated by travertine barriers. The lakes lie on an impervious belt consisting of Upper Triassic dolomite.

Lakes Milanovac, Gavanovac, Kaluđerovac and Novakovića Brod belong to the Lower Lakes group, placed in a porous limestone canyon of Upper Cretaceous origin. Some of the canyon’s cliffs are as high as 40 m.

The Plitvice Lakes National Park devotes special attention to scientific research. The most significant role with respect to launching, intensifying and coordinating scientific research was the establishment of the first research station. The Plitvice Lakes Biological Station in 1961. This research station has since changed it's name and location, and has had a few brief interruptions, but today it operates as the “Ivo Pevalek Scientific Research Center”

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