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Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Plitvice Lakes National Park May 13th 2005

The big falls is 78 meters high. This translates into about 253 feet. The big or high falls is the only one that comes from a spring fed stream. All the other falls and rapids come from lake water falling over the built up travertine ledges throughout the park. Travertine is a calcite deposit that very slowly builds up from very mineral rich water. ... read more

Plitvice - Upper lakes and falls

Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Plitvice Lakes National Park May 12th 2005

Upper lake falls

Bill and Nancy

The water is a beautiful green and so clear you can see deeply into its depths and so pure you can drink it directly from the lakes. Anything that falls into the lake is slowly encrusted with the calcium lime that is highly concentrated in the waters. It is like a cave except it is the waters that come from the limestone mountains in this region.... read more

Plitvice Lakes

Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia » Plitvice Lakes National Park August 14th 1975

Veliki Slap - Great Waterfall

AndrewHL

Having turned inland from the Adriatic coast, the group arrived at Plitvice Lakes National Park. The Hotel Jezero overlooking Lake Kozjak was an overnight stop between Zadar and Rijecka, Croatia. The beautiful natural area has a series of waterfalls connecting the upper and lower lakes. There was time to do a bit of exploring of the nearby natural areas and follow one of the trails. Plitvice Lakes National Park was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994.... read more

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder...more history

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