플리트비체 국립공원 (Plitvicka jezera. Plitvice) 안내문

플리트비체 국립공원 (Plitvicka jezera). 크로아티아(Croatia)

 

UNESCO. 세계자연유산

 www.np-plitvicka-jezera.hr

 

National park Plitvice lakes

With a surface area of 294,82 km2, Plitvice Lakes National Park is the largest of Croatia's eight national parks. Plitvice lakes was proclaimed a National park in 1949, also making it the oldest national park in Croatia. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was included in the UNESCO list of World Natural Heritage sites.

 

The Park represents a phenomenon of karst hydrography. The lakes are known for their cascades & the ongoing biodynamic process of tufa formation under specific ecological & hydrological conditions. Tufa or travertine is a porouos carbonate rock formed by the sedimentation of calcium carbonate from water. It builds barriers, sills & other forms in karst rivers & streams. The travertine formation process is especially prominent in the Plitvice Lakes waterfalls & is constant, happening even while visitors are enjoying their walk through the park.

With this travertine development, numerous magnificent waterfalls are created. Over time, the water changes its course, leaving some barriers dry but stimulating tufa growth in other places. This phenomenon creates the feeling that the Plitvice Lakes are never the same from one day to the next. The broader zone of the national park hides rich forest & meadow habitats with many diverse species of plants & animals. The forest communities are predominantly made up of beech & fir. Of particular notes is "Corkova uvala", a virgin beech-fir forest, one of the most beautiful virgin forests in Europe. To date, 1267 different species of plants, including 75 endemic plants & 55 different species of orchids, have been recorded in the park, gives a good overall picture of the richness of the flora. Studies to date in the park area have recorded 321 species of butterflies, 161 species of birds & 21 species of bats, indicating the richness of the animal world here. Of the carnivores, the most attractive inhabitant of the Plitvice forests is the brown bear (Ursus arctos).

One of the first researchers of this natural phenomenon was Academic Ivo Pevalek. In 1937, he said: "There are water, lakes, waterfalls & forest elsewhere, but Plitvice Lakes are unique". They simply must be seen!

Possible activities in the park include: walking, trekking, electrical boat & train riding, taking photos, cycling, skiing, rowing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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