NATURE   National Parks: National Park Brijuni National Park Kornati National Park Krka National Park Mljet National Park Paklenica National Park Plitvička jezera National Park Risnjak National Park Sjeverni Velebit Nature Parks: Nature Park Biokovo Nature Park Kopački rit Nature Park Lonjsko polje Nature Park Medvednica Nature Park Papuk Nature Park Telaąčica Nature Park Velebit Nature Park Vransko jezero Nature Park Učka Nature Park ®umberak - Samoborsko gorje Extent of sea shore - length: mainland 1,778 km (30.5%) islands 4,012 km (69,5 %) total 5,790 km by air 526 km coast ruggedness (Norway 20, Greece 6) 11 Number of islands, rocks and reefs: islands 718 inhabited 66 uninhabited 652 rocks 389 reefs 78 total 1,185 Islands larger than 200 km2:   area coast line Krk 405,8 km2 189 km Cres 405,8 km2 248 km Brac 394,6 km2 175 km Pag 299,7 km2 254 km Korcula 284,6 km2 269 km Hvar 276,0 km2 182 km Thermal springs and spas: 14 thermal springs (7 thermomineral springs of particular quality and worth). All are situated in the inland areas of Croatia. 15 different kinds of mud, Naftalan having one counterpart in the world: the one in Baku Mountains: Though Croatia has practically no mountains exceeding 2,000 m, the favorable climate (number of snow days) even on some lower localities ensures good conditions for the development of mountain-recreation and winter tourism. They are: Northern Gorski Kotar (Platak, Trsce, Snjeznik - 1,500 m) Central Gorski Kotar (Delnice, Skrad, Mrkopalj, Vrbovsko) Bjelolasica - 1,533 m (Croatian Olympic Center) Northern Velebit (Zavizan - 1,699 m) Middle Velebit - Baske Ostarije - 1,128 m, Visocica - 1,619 m) Southern Velebit (Sveto Brdo - 1,753 m) Dinara (Troglav - 1,831 m) Biokovo - 1,762 m Plitvicka jezera (Licka Pljesivica - 1,649 m) Particularity of the above localities lies in the fact that all of them can be found in immediate background of the sea coast and along the road distances not exceeding 50 km. Lakes: The Vransko jezero (30,7 km2/0.1 m above sea level) The Peruca jezero (13,0 km2/360 m a.s.l. - The Cetina reservoir) The Prokljansko jezero (11,1 km2/0.5 m a.s.l.) The Vransko jezero (island oi Cres, 5,8 km2/16 m a.s.l.) The Plitvicka jezera (as a whole - 2.0 km2/503-636 m a.s.l.) National (Nature) Parks and other protected nature area:   Number Area in ha National Parks 8 79,320   The Kornati   30,200   The Plitvicka jezera   19,479   The Krka   14,200   The Paklenica   3,617   The Mljet   3,100   The Risnjak   3,014   The Brijuni   2,700   Northern Velebit   10,900 Nature Parks 6 317,502 Strict reserves 2 2,395 Special reserves 69 30,372 Nature Monument 72 82 Protected Nature Area 28 17,544 Park-forest 23 7,660 Mounment of park architecture 114 912 Plant species 44   Animal species 380   Total:   445,888 The mentioned protection includes about 7.5% of the state teritory, and plans are to double its size - up to 15%. BACK HOME   Copyright © Croatia Investment Company All rights reserved info@japodi.de www.japodi.de