RIVERS IN CROATIA LONGEST RIVERS NAME LENGTH (TOTAL) LENGTH (IN CROATIA) Danube 2857 km188 km Sava 945 km562 km Drava 707 km505 km Mur 438 km53 km Kupa 296 km Neretva 225 km50 km Una 212 km120 km Bosut 186 km151 km Korana 134 km Bednja 133 km More than 60 rivers River with the longest flow in Croatia: Sava Longest rivers with their flows fully placed in Croatia: Korana and Bednja
LAKES IN CROATIA Best known fishpond: Jasinje/ Jelas ARTIFICIAL LAKES Best known artificial lake: Peruća
NATURAL LAKES Only a few of them in Croatia Some of them – protected by UNESCO Best known and most beautiful: - Vransko near Biograd (the biggest) -The Plitvice Lakes (the most beautiful) THE PLITVICE LAKES
THE ADRIATIC SEA Total surface: km 2 Average depth: 252,5 m Islands placed in it: over 1300 Croatian part of surface: km 2 Rich with flora and fauna
THE MUR RIVER Biggest tributary of the Drava (left) Length: 438 km „joins” the Drava in Croatia (Legrad)
THE DRAVA RIVER A tributary of the Danube (2 nd ) Length: 725 km (31 st in Europe) „joins” the Danube in Croatia (near Aljmaš)
Flows through: 1.Drnje 2. Đ elekovec 3.Ferdinandovac 4.Gotalovo 5.Hlebine 6.Imbriovec 7.Legrad 8.Molve 9.Novačka 10.Novo Virje 11.Otočka 12.Pitomača 13.Podravske Sesvete 14.Sigetec 15.Torčec 16.Ždala DRAVA AND PODRAVINA
REGIONAL PARK MUR - DRAVA A part of the future planned EU’s project Drava – Mur – Danube: the biggest and one of the most important transboundary UNESCO’s biosphere reservations (Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Hungary) Total surface: ,52 ha Surface of Koprivnica – Križevci county’s park part: , 85 ha (19,19 %)
LAKE ČAMBINA Part of regional park Mur – Drava Surface: cca. 50 ha Depth: 0,5 – 3 m
THE SEPARACIJA LAKES NOVA GRABA: Length – 560 m Width – 270 m Average depth – 30 to 40 m STARA GRABA: Length – 730 m Width – 200 m Average depth – 20 m Consists of 2 lakes: Stara and Nova graba (separated by a 30 – 50 m wide road)
THE ČINGI - LINGI LAKES Consists of 3 lakes (total surface: 18 ha; average depth – 16 m) 1st lake’s: surface – 7,5 ha length – 420 m width – 310 m 2nd lake’s: surface – 6,5 ha length – 400 m width – 220 m 3rd lake’s: surface – 4 ha length – 310 m width – 160 m
LAKE ŠODERICA Altitude: 127,8 – 129,6 m Surface: 150 ha Average depth: 8 m