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INational park Plitvicka jezera - turistique guide
Every season has its own unique charm and the Plitvice Lakes with their alternating colors and every new awakening, both trapped in ice or in the shade of the trees, will leave you with a very distinct, unique and invaluable impression.
The Plitvice Lakes are constant, yet always different, and they will surely surprise you with a new experience or new revelation. To give you only a glimpse at their natural beauty and atmosphere, we have prepared a short virtual tour of the Park.
Turn your virtual tour into a live tour and come visit Plitvice Lakes National Park!
The Plitvice lakes National Park belongs to Dinaric karst area and due to its specific geology, geomorphology and hydrology it truly is one of the most impressive karst entities in the world. Apart from dolomitic rock, mesosoic limestones with dolomite inserts prevail.
The ratio between less porous or water-retaining dolomites and porous Jurassic limestone sediments in the karst has influenced the landscape of the overall area today. Specific hydrology properties of rock have enabled water retention on Triassic dolomite rocks, as well as canyon formation by water cutting through Cretaceous limestone deposits. Tufa barriers are a phenomenon enabling water to remain inside the lakes.
According to Koeppen's classification, the climate type prevailing here is Cfb. (moderately warm and humid, with hot summers), the climate where beech thrives. Average annual rainfall is 1550 mm. Apart from being defined by latitude, hight above sea level, ground inclination and sun exposure, the prevailing vegetation is also defined by geologic bedrocks, soil and the farming methods used. Limestone and dolomitic rocks of various ages (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous) make up the geological bedrock. Considering the relief, climate and land farming in the recent past, vast forest surfaces in their various stages - from thicket to virgin forest (ÄŒorkova uvala virgin forest) - have remained very well preserved (3/4 of the Park's surface area). Forests covering the National Park used to be managed in the past based on the so-called Rules of Forest Management (the first Rules for Ljeskovac Forest Management
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Among the first scientific studies of the Plitvice Lakes area carried out in the 19th Century was the study of plant life, which definitely speaks of the very early insight into the abundance and value of the Park’s flora, as well as its role in the creation of the Park’s fundamental phenomenon. The more detailed studies of lower plants conducted by Pevalek in 1924 and 1935 proved that fresh-water algae and moss played a significant role in forming the tufa sediments, and that the tufa and tufa-forming plants are the key factors influencing the morphology of the Plitvice Lakes.
Systematic studies of higher plants conducted by Å egulja and Krga, as late as in 1984, confirmed that the Park was also a unique phenomenon in terms