Thursday, September 30, 2010

Plitvice Waterfall

Plitvice waterfall is part of the plitvice lake ( Croatian: Plitvička jezera, pronounced  [plitˈvitsɛ]) which recognized to be the national park of Croatia. It is located in 44.85' U 15.62' T, in the montainous region of Lika.It was in plitvice eponymous plateau, Croatia, in border with Bosnia and herzegovina.

Plitvice Lakes National Park lies in the Plitvice plateau which is surrounded by three mountains part of the Dinaric Alps: Plješevica mountain (Gornja Plješevica peak 1,640 m), Mala Kapela mountain (Seliški Vrh peak at 1,280 m), and Medveđak (884 m).
The national Park is underlain by karstic rock, mainly dolomite and limestone with associated lakes and caves, this has given rise to the most distinctive feature of the lakes.


There are 16 lakes which are interrelated, ( top clusters are 12 lakes, and buttom cluster are 4 lakes),the upper lake is Gornja lake,and the bottom lake is Donja lake. it is naturally structured tiered from heigh 636 meters to 593 meters. Waters which move out from the lakes is forming Korana river. These lake has been separated naturally by Travertine dam, which is deposite from algae, moss, and bacteria. The formers of Travertine dam is increase about 1 cm per year.This plitvice lake also popular with discolors water (water color changing), such as blue sky,
green, and blue or gray. The discolors water is depend on the amount of minerals or organisms in the water and sun elevation.

In 1979, the plitvice national park has been recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage Site with its status 'danger' on list of World Heritage Site in Danger. With a variety of considerations, the Croatian government set the status of de-mining Efforts. In December 1998 UNESCO issued a list of endangered sites. On this day, Plitvice Lakes are one of the largest tourist attractions in Croatia. In 2000, the park has been expanded by over 102 km ².

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