The Krka National Park was proclaimed in 1985, as the seventh national park in Croatia.
The national park is a vast and primarily unaltered area of exceptional natural value, including one or more preserved or insignificantly altered ecosystems. The purpose of the park is primarily to serve sience, culture, education and recreation, while tourism activities have also been introduced for its visitors.
Krka National Park lies within Šibenik-Knin County, and covers a total area of 109 km2 of the loveliest sections of the Krka River, and the lover course of the Čikola River. The Krka National Park was proclaimed in 1985, as the seventh national park in Croatia, though certain sections of the Krka River were already protected early as 1948.
Including the submerged part of the river at the mouth, the Krka River is 72.5 km long making it the 22nd longest river in Croatia. It springs in the foothils of the Dinara mountain range, 2.5 km northeast of Knin. With its seven waterfalls and a total drop in altitude of 242 m, the Krka is a natural and karst phenomenon. The travertine waterfalls of the Krka River are the fundamental phenomenom of this river.
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