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In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, for its outstanding and picturesque series of tufa lakes, caves, and connected waterfalls. [ 3 ] The national park was founded in 1949 and is in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina .
Plitvička Jezera (pronounced [plîtv̞itʃkaː jɛzɛ̌ra] or just Plitvice [plîtv̞itsɛ]; Plitvice Lakes, in English) is a municipality (općina) in central Croatia, in the eastern part of the Lika-Senj county, that lies in and near the eponymous Plitvice Lakes National Park, bisected by the D1 main road (Zagreb–Split).
The first three sites, Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian, Dubrovnik, and Plitvice Lakes National Park, were inscribed to the list at the 3rd UNESCO session in 1979. Further sites were added in 1997, 2000, 2008, 2016, and 2017. [ 2 ]
Lake Kopačevo Osijek-Baranja: 1.5–3.5 80 n/a Lake Borovik* Osijek-Baranja: 2.5 n/a n/a Lake Butoniga* Istria: 2.5 n/a 7 Lake Lokve* Primorje-Gorski Kotar: 2.1 770 40 Mljet lakes (2 lakes) Dubrovnik-Neretva: 2.01 0 46 Plitvice lakes (16 lakes) Lika-Senj: 1.98 503–636 3–46 Baćina lakes (6 lakes) Dubrovnik-Neretva: 1.9 5 32 Lake Sabljaci ...
The country is split into two main onshore provinces, ... and three deeper than 1,000 m (3,280.84 ft). Croatia's most famous lakes are the Plitvice lakes, ...
The Plitvice Lakes incident (Croatian: Krvavi Uskrs na Plitvicama or Plitvički krvavi Uskrs, both translating as "Plitvice Bloody Easter") was an armed clash at the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence.