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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 and is the seventh
national park in Croatia.The Krka National Park is located
entirely within the territory of Šibnik-
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. |
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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 Krčić
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 Krčić,
Kosovčica, Orašnica, Butišnica and Čikola 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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