Sixteen lakes and waterfalls of Jinan land in Croatia

Sixteen lakes and waterfalls 

Areas most popular attractions in Croatia 

Plitvice lakes (Plitvice Lakes) 

Plitvice Lakes National Park was granted the status of "UNESCO World Heritage" in 1979, the beauty of the National Park lies in the sixteen lakes, interconnected by a series of waterfalls, and set in the depths of a forest inhabited by deer, bears, wolves, wild boars and rare bird species

National Park covers a total area of ​​300 square kilometers (116 square miles), while the lakes join together for a distance of 8 kilometers (5 miles).

The region is divided Lakes sixteen to block the top and bottom formed by runoff from the mountains, descending from 636 meters high (2,087 feet) to 503 meters (1,650) at a distance of about eight km (5 miles), aligned in north-south direction. Lakes region and covers an area of ​​about two square kilometers, combined with the water out of the lake to form the lower river Khurana

Lakes famous distinctive colors, ranging from the heavenly green or gray or blue. Colors change constantly depending on the quantity of minerals or organisms in the water and the angle of the sun's rays.

There is also a difference quite high - the highest point at 1,280 meters (4,200 feet), the lowest in 380 meters (1,247 feet) - Although the total height difference between the lakes themselves, only 135 meters (443 feet). Veliki Slap is the largest waterfall 0.70 meters (230 feet) tall.

Lakes PLITVICE - Brief History 

Plitvice Lakes has become a major tourist attraction in the late nineteenth century. The first hotel was built there in 1896, and as soon as the act was 1893 Commission for the Conservation - predecessor of today's national park authority. In 1949 the communist government of Yugoslavia nationalized in lakes, and make it a national park. Garden has been included on the "list of UNESCO World Heritage" in 1979 in recognition of its "outstanding natural beauty and undisturbed production of travertine (tuff) through the action of chemical and biological weapons." 

Garden quickly became one of the areas most popular attractions in Yugoslavia. However, in the March / March 1991 became the scene of the accident lakes of Plitvice - the first armed confrontation of the "Croatian War of Independence," which resulted in fatalities. The park was held by forces of the Republic "Serb Krajina" during the conflict, and suffered some damage in the process, with hotels and other facilities that use the barracks. Grabovac in camp cars there were civilian deaths (three children) from an artillery shell "VJ" in the September / September 1991 [4]. Has regained the Croatian army in August / August 1995 during "Operation Storm", which put an end to the war Croatian.