Photos from Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

The Plit­vice Lakes is a natio­nal park in Croa­tia, situa­ted in the Plit­vice Lakes muni­ci­pa­lity, in the moun­tai­nous region of Lika.

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) and the Mala Kapela moun­tain (Seliški Vrh peak at 1,280 m) and Medve?ak (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.

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Plitvice Lakes National Park

Plit­vice Lakes Natio­nal Park

Plitvice Lakes National Park

Plit­vice Lakes Natio­nal Park

Plitvice Lakes National Park

Plit­vice Lakes Natio­nal Park

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  1. dinaric says:
    Friday March 5, 2010 at 15:24

    […] have been an oasis of rest since the times of Anti­quity. Con­se­quently, quite apart from their …Pho­tos from Plit­vice Lakes, Croa­tia | Jimmy’s weblogThe Plit­vice Lakes is a natio­nal park in Croa­tia, situa­ted in the Plitvice […]

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