RIVERS IN CROATIA More than 60 rivers River

RIVERS IN CROATIA • More than 60 rivers • River with the longest flow in Croatia: Sava • Longest rivers with their flows fully placed in Croatia: Korana and Bednja LONGEST 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 Neretva 225 km 50 km Una 212 km 120 km Bosut 186 km 151 km Korana 134 km Bednja 133 km

LAKES IN CROATIA ARTIFICIAL LAKES • Best known artificial lake: Peruća • Best known fishpond: Jasinje/ Jelas

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 km 2 • Average depth: 252, 5 m • Islands placed in it: over 1300 • Croatian part of surface: 31 067 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)

DRAVA AND PODRAVINA • Flows through: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Drnje Đelekovec Ferdinandovac Gotalovo Hlebine Imbriovec Legrad Molve Novačka Novo Virje Otočka Pitomača Podravske Sesvete Sigetec Torčec Ždala

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 • Consists of 2 lakes: Stara and Nova graba (separated by a 30 – 50 m wide road) NOVA GRABA: STARA GRABA: • Length – 560 m • Length – 730 m • Width – 270 m • Width – 200 m • Average depth – 30 to 40 m • Average depth – 20 m

THE ČINGI - LINGI LAKES • Consists of 3 lakes (total surface: 18 ha; average depth – 16 m) • 1 st lake’s: surface – 7, 5 ha length – 420 m width – 310 m • 2 nd lake’s: surface – 6, 5 ha length – 400 m width – 220 m • 3 rd 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