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	Plitvice Lakes :: Croatia
		Plitvice Lakes are located in the region Lika, between mountains Mala Kapela and Plješivica, covering an area of 300 km².
		Plitvice Lakes are divided in two groups, the upper lakes and the lower lakes, spread over a total distance of 8 km.
		Plitvice Lakes are populated by bears, wolves, deer and rare bird species.
	croatia.aventin.hr /plitvice-lakes.htm (179 words)

	Croatia Plitvice - Mercian Travel Centre - Croatian holidays
		National Park Plitvice Lakes with total surface area of 266 km2 comprises 16 terrace-formed lakes, which are mutually connected with waterfalls and cascades.
		Plitvice Lakes offer their visitors kilometers of arranged walking paths which in most cases means wooden bridges built over lake surface and serpentine-like connecting one shore to the other.
		Plitvice Lakes are best known for its legendary film Winnetou based on classic work by Carl May.
	www.merciantravel.co.uk /cro-plitvice2.asp (846 words)

	Rick Steves' Europe: Plitvice Lakes National Park
		The Serbs occupied Plitvice and the surrounding region until 1995 and most of the Croatians you'll meet here were evacuated and lived near the coastline as refugees.
		Plitvice is also home to about 50 highly endangered European brown bears...but they have the good sense to stay far from the hiking paths.
		After a few hours of strolling the Plitvice boardwalks, I have a personal ritual: Dropping by the rustic park restaurant — with its heavy-timber beams, open wood-fired grill and Croatian chefs wearing tall hats — and dining on one of those trout that have been grinning at me all day.
	www.ricksteves.com /news/tribune/plitvice.html (818 words)

	Plitvice Lakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Plitvice Lakes ([pli'tviʦɛ̝], Croatian: Plitvička Jezera) are a national park in Croatia, situated at 44.85° N 15.62° E, in the Plitvice Lakes municipality, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
		The lakes are situated on the eponymous Plitvice plateau, between the mountains of Lička Plješevica (Gornja Plješevica peak 1,640 m), Mala Kapela (Seliški Vrh peak at 1,280 m) and Medveđak (884 m).
		The Plitvice Lakes national park is heavily forested, mainly with beech, spruce, and fir trees, and features a mixture of Alpine and Mediterranean vegetation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plitvice (771 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Plitvice Lakes National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Plitvice Lakes (Plitvicka Jezera) declared public property by law, their boundaries finalised, and designated a National Park in the Official Gazette (Narodne Novine) No.29.
		PHYSICAL FEATURES Plitvice plateau lies at 650-700m between the Licka Pljesevica (1,640m) and Mala Kapela (1,280m) mountains and is intersected by the headwaters of the Korana River, the Black and White rivers.
		The Plitvice Lakes basin is a formation of biological origin, a karst river basin of limestone and dolomite, with approximately 16 lakes, behind dams created during the last 4000 years by the deposition of calcium carbonate in solution by encrustation on mosses (Bryum, Cratoneuron), algae and aquatic bacteria.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/plitvice.html (2038 words)

	Apartments Plitvice lakes Croatia Apartments N.P. Plitvice Croatia
		N.P. PLITVICKA JEZERA (PLITVICE LAKES), 16 interlinked lakes between Mala Kapela Mountain and Pljesevica Mountain in the region of Lika.
		After the waterfall Sastavci on the lower lakes, the Lakes' waters continue into the Korana river, as well as the Plitvice brook, which falls from an elevation of 76 m.
		The whole region is covered by snow from November until the end of March; the Lakes are frozen in December and January.
	apartments-croatia.info /230/plitvice_en.htm (343 words)

	National Parks - Plitvice Lakes - Croatia
		Plitvice Lakes are composed of 16 interlinked lakes between the mountains of Mala Kapela and Plješivica in the region of Lika.
		According to the legend the Plitvice lakes were created after a long period of drought.
		The Plitvice lakes are situated on the main road (M13.01, E751).
	www.croatica.net /2/nparkovi/nparkovi(6).asp (293 words)

	Vacation Rentals Plitvice Lakes - Holidays Plitvice, Accommodation Croatia Apartments
		Plitvice Lakes are located in eastern Lika between the Mala Kapela and Licka Plesevica mountains.
		The crown of this distinctive symphony of water is Sastavci (tributary of the Korana River and Plitvice Brook) with a 72 m high waterfall.
		The average annual temperature in Plitvice Lakes ranges from 8-10° C, while average precipitation is from 1.200 to 1.400 mm.
	www.dmmedia.com /izleti/plitvice_gb.htm (869 words)

	Welcome to Plitvice apartments
		Through the sedimentation of calcium and magnesium carbonates and the work of special kinds of algae and moss, tufa or travertine has been deposited, and is still deposited to form the natural dams that separate the lakes.
		The National park Plitvice covers on area of 29482 hectares, of which 22000 hectares are forest, 217 hectares are lakes and streams and the rest are meadows and farm land.
		The exceptional beauty of the Plitvice lakes and waterfalls, rich plant and animal life, contrasting colours, forests and the pure mountain air, comfortable hotels and rustic restaurants attract nearly one milion of nature lovers every year.
	www.plitvice.info /eng.htm (345 words)

	Plitvice at family-highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		That almost 30,000 square meters large protected area Plitvicer lakes is the " natural " family experience absolutely at the NPA route.
		Longer staying at the Plitvicer lakes is worth in any case, because one 1998 complex reconditioned camping area with comfortably wood huts entice for overnight accomodation.
		Who rather logiert in the hotel, that will be surprised over the international standard of the houses at the lakes.
	www.reiseweg-npa.de /englisch/plitvice.htm (286 words)

	Plitvice Lakes National Park : Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Plitvice is a hikers' paradise, but even couch potatoes can see most of the park's features by combining walking with riding on the Plitvice ferries and buses.
		Visitors to Plitvice can't help but wonder why the water is so clear, why each lake seems to have a different jewel-like color, and what the heck is travertine (park signs forbid visitors from stepping on the stuff).
		The official park map explains that over thousands of years, super-pure water pouring into Plitvice from the mountains eroded the surrounding limestone rocks, and moss and algae acted as catalysts to turn the dissolved rock (calcium carbonate) into the porous stone known as travertine, which then was deposited in the water.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=3678&catID=3678010029 (374 words)

	Plitvice travel guide
		This national park is situated in the region of Lika, between the mountain massif of Mala Kapela and a spur of Licka Pljesivica.
		Although throughout their course they are located in pronouncedly karst topography, the lakes have nevertheless remained surface features, and it is from this that the other unusual and specific characteristics of the lakes derive.
		The Plitvice Lakes are an excellent example of how a national park can be turned to account for holidaymaking purposes.
	www.world66.com /europe/croatia/plitvice (416 words)

	Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia - Plitvicka Jezera
		Plitvice Lakes is a group of sixteen small lakes - Proscansko Jezero, Labudanovac Lake, Ciganovac Lake, Galovac Lake, Kozjak Lake...
		Plitvice waterfalls are created by deposition of travertine -a kind of limestone that created this unique and attractive wonder of nature.
		Plitvice National Park is the area surrounded by dense forests of beech, fir and spruce, watered by varous springs of the Korana River.
	www.find-croatia.com /nationalparks/plitvice.html (242 words)

	Plitvice Lakes National Park \| Croatia - Land of the Falling Lakes
		Recreational aspect of stay and the amazement with beauty of the area that conquers by its natural diversity and harmony of shapes and colours in any of the seasons, is based on many mutually conditioned natural characteristics.
		The Plitvice lakes, known as "Falling lakes" have enjoyed the status of a national park since 1949, and since 1979 it has been under the protection of UNESCO.
		The upper lakes are surrounded by thick forests and are connected by numerous waterfalls, while the lower lakes are smaller, shallower and the vegetation is not so lush.
	www.vacationincroatia.net /plitvice_lakes.htm (432 words)

	Croatian Touristic Information Service: Travel Info - Plitvice
		The Plitvice Lakes complex, established as a national park in 1949, is a wooded mountain area with 16 beautiful small and large crystal blue-green lakes.
		Because of their unique structure and life forms, the Plitvice Lakes were registered on the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List in 1979.
		Every year, almost a million visitors are attracted by the extraordinary natural beauty of the park’s lakes and waterfalls, the richness of the animal and floral life, the wonderful contrasts of autumn colors, the enchanting winter motifs and the mountain air.
	www.dalmacija.net /plitvice.htm (351 words)

	Plitvice Lakes incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plitvice Lakes - Borovo Selo - Vukovar - Battle of the barracks - Gospić - Otkos 10 - Orkan 91 - Miljevci - Maslenica - Medak Pocket - Flash - Storm
		Tuđman's senior aide Mario Nobilo claimed that the JNA had "told us quite literally that if we do not evacuate Plitvice they will liquidate our police" and Tuđman himself gave a warning on Croatian radio that if the army continued its activities it would be regarded as a hostile army of occupation.
		The Plitvice Lakes incident had important consequences for both Serbs and Croats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plitvice_Bloody_Easter (1186 words)

	Croatia's Plitvice Lakes: UNESCO heritage beauty in the Balkans
		For me, Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park is the most beautiful place in the world.
		While the Croatian coast is becoming a popular tourist attraction, the Plitvice Lakes National Park, located inland between Zadar and Zagreb, is to me the most magically beautiful place on the planet.
		My amazed exploration of the Plitvice Lakes lasted a full two days, most with wide-mouthed incredulity at the endless variations on turquoise and green that the lakes and forest presented me with.
	eeuroperussiatravel.suite101.com /article.cfm/PlitviceLakes (400 words)

	1World2travel - Croatia - Nature Parks - Lakes of Plitvice
		The Plitvice Lakes are the most known Croatian national park and are entered in the Unesco Register of World Natural Heritage.
		The Plitvice Lakes are divided in the Upper Lakes with forested, gentle slopes, and the smaller Lower Lakes at a rugged, rocky canyon.
		This is achieved with numerous information tables and materials that may be obtained at the National Park Office that is built in characteristic natural materials of the Plitvice Lakes Area: wood and stone, as in the administration building of the Park.
	www.1world2travel.com /article.php?articleID=1694 (435 words)

	Rick Steves' Europe: Croatia's Picturesque Plitvice Lakes National Park
		Plitvice (PLEET-veet-seh) Lakes National Park, a two-hour drive south of the capital city of Zagreb, is among Europe's best back-to-nature experiences.
		The Serbs occupied Plitvice until 1995, and many of the Croatians you'll meet here were evacuated and lived near the coastline as refugees.
		In the 1960s, several German and Italian spaghetti westerns were filmed at Plitvice and in other parts of Croatia (which, to European eyes, has terrain similar to the American West).
	www.ricksteves.com /plan/destinations/east/plitvice.htm (752 words)

	PLITVICE LAKESmultimediapostcard
		Plitvice Lakes Multimedia Postcard® is a multimedia CD within a postcard that gives you a feature rich experience of this northern jewel.
		Plitvice Lakes Multimedia Postcard® is a practical guide for everyone visiting Plitvice Lakes, and a memorable gift of this Croatia's emerald as well.
		Plitvice Lakes Multimedia Postcard® brings you a comprehensive overview of Plitvice Lakes's sights, its animal and plant life, interesting facts through professionally written texts, high quality photos including full 360° panoramic photos and a high tech full 360° panoramic video experience.
	www.multimediapostcard.com /plitvice (207 words)

	PLITVICE_LAKES
		Rarely is the action of water so pronounced as in this part of Dinaric Karst, where it shapes the rock bottom surface and underground in a magnificent process of creation and destruction.
		Plitvice Lakes, the oldest Croatian National Park and nature monument included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, are considered to be absolutely the most shining example of such creative commensalism between rock and water.
		In the Plitvice Lakes National Park water and rock have been playing for centuries now.
	www.iriscroatica.hr /Eplitvice.htm (379 words)

	Visiting Plitvice Lakes National Park
		Plitvice is on the main road between Zagreb and Zadar.
		There's also a daily bus to Plitvice from Dubrovnik (see the schedule at buses from Dubrovnik).
		The Plitvice National Park tourist office (tel 053-751 015) is just inside entrance #1.
	www.croatiatraveller.com /Heritage_Sites/Plitvice.htm (169 words)

	about Plitvice
		PLITVICKA JEZERA (PLITVICE LAKES), 16 interlinked lakes between Mala Kapela Mountain and Pljesevica Mountain in the region of Lika.
		Due to their natural beauty and significance, the Plitvice Lakes and a large forest complex around it were set aside as a national park in 1949.
		Plitvice Lakes National Park is divided into a broad and a narrow protection zone, which defines the level of protection.
	www.croatiabooking.net /plitvice.html (697 words)

	Waterfalls Of Plitvice Lakes , Croatia pictures from waterfalls photos on webshots
		Plitvice lakes are only one of eight national parks in Croatia.You are all very welcome to visit our country.We are waiting for you.
		I have been in Plitvice many years ago and heard that it had been damaged during the war but looking at these pictures it all looks as beautifull as years ago.
		Plitvice Lakes is now on my Life List of places to see.
	community.webshots.com /album/89349914fFdlRk (3806 words)

	Plitvice Travel Blogs
		We went to the Plitvice Lake National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site 2.5 hrs away by bus from Zagreb.
		Plitvice is so beautiful, it is like a picture out of a fairy tale.
		You can walk beside a roaring waterfall and then by turning and walking a few steps into the forest be in a very quiet place with only the singing of birds breaking and the rustle of breeze blown leaves breaking the silence.
	www.travelblog.org /Europe/Croatia/Plitvice (634 words)

	Plitvice lakes :: Plitvicer seen :: Laghi di Plitvice :: Plitvicka jezera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Plitvice lakes were declared as a national park in 1949.
		The area of Plitvice lakes is situated in a valley where are sixteen marvellus lakes with very intensive blue-green water.
		The Plitvice lakes were entered in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.
	www.burger.si /Croatia/Plitvice/Plitvice.html (93 words)

	Plitvice national park
		Nowadays, The Plitvice Lakes lie on one of the most important traffic routes in Croatia.
		The gardener – the Karst - created many beautiful and interesting spots in Crotia but here – they say – it was especially successful.
		Only in 1949, were the Plitvice Lakes given a permanent status of a National Park.
	www.nik.hr /eng/riviera/plitvice.asp (230 words)

	Plitvice Magic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Plitvice National Park is a world heritage site in the heart of Croatia.
		It is a massive area, near enough the size of Wales and has sixteen lakes and innumerable waterfalls surrounded by ancient forests, in some areas very densely.
		So far Plitvice Magic has been well received gaining Best Film at Kent Film Festival, Best use of sound, and Best Film in the South East Region, Silver Seal at IAC Movie 2002 and two sections being shown on Freescreen.
	www.theiac.org.uk /training/plitvice.html (927 words)

	Accommodation Hodak Plitvice
		We are located in place Dreznicko Seliste, on the enterance to the national park Plitvice Lakes.
		The House is 1 kilometer far away from the main road, in oase of quiet and piece on ideal place for vacation and recreation, special very good for children.
		To have a nice and pleasent holliday in our house, we offer you beside visiting Plitvice Lakes also one day trip to Barac caves, Rastoke watterfalls in town of Slunj and swimming in river Korana.
	www.accommodation-hodak-plitvice.com /index.htm (110 words)

	Apartments - Plitvice lakes
		National park Plitvice lakes, it is 16 beautifully azure and crystaly clear lakes, surrounded with high mountains and loud waterfalls.
		For its unique structure and rich forms of live are Plitvice lakes from the Year 1979 registered in the list of world natures heritage of UNESCO.
		ouse is settled in village Jezerce, closest to the Plitvice National Park.
	www.riviera-trogir.com /plitviceeng.htm (272 words)

	Visit Croatia - Plitvice Lakes
		The Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia's most popular tourist attraction, was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979.
		It's also possible to find private accommodation in a number of the towns and villages (such as Slunj) on the way to the Park.
		There are also two restaurants in the Park - the Borje and the Poljana - as well as numerous smaller, snack-type establishments at which to boost.
	www.visit-croatia.co.uk /plitvicelakes (392 words)

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