RIVERS IN CROATIALONGEST RIVERS

NAME LENGTH (TOTAL)

LENGTH (IN

CROATIA)

Danube 2857 km 188 km

Sava 945 km 562 km

Drava 707 km 505 km

Mur 438 km 53 km

Kupa 296 km 296 km

Neretva 225 km 50 km

Una 212 km 120 km

Bosut 186 km 151 km

Korana 134 km 134 km

Bednja 133 km 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: 138 600 km2

• Average depth: 252,5 m

• Islands placed in it: over 1300

• Croatian part of surface: 31 067 km2

• 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 (2nd)

• Length: 725 km (31st in Europe)

• „joins” the Danube in Croatia (near Aljmaš)

• Flows through: 1. Drnje 2. Đelekovec3. Ferdinandovac4. Gotalovo5. Hlebine6. Imbriovec7. Legrad8. Molve9. Novačka10. Novo Virje11. Otočka12. Pitomača13. Podravske Sesvete14. Sigetec15. Torčec16. 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: 87 680,52 ha

• Surface of Koprivnica – Križevci county’s park part: 16 780, 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 halength – 420 mwidth – 310 m

• 2nd lake’s:surface – 6,5 halength – 400 m width – 220 m

• 3rd lake’s:surface – 4 halength – 310 m width – 160 m

LAKE ŠODERICA • Altitude: 127,8 – 129,6 m

• Surface: 150 ha

• Average depth: 8 m