Plitvice Lakes National Park
Croatia
Date of Inscription: 1979
Extension: 2000 Criteria: (vii)(viii)(ix) Property : 19200.0000 ha County of Lika-Senj, 10km east of Bihac N44 52 40 E15 36 52 Ref: 98bis |
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Brief Description
The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in turn have created a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls. These geological processes continue today. The forests in the park are home to bears, wolves and many rare bird species.
Plitvice Lakes National Park
| Tzigounaki, Anastasia
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Notes
- Property inscribed for both geological and ecological values under natural criterion N (ii) before 1994. Criterion N (i) [Operational Guidelines 2002] was added. For more details see Decision 30.COM 8D.1.
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