Plitvice Lakes National Park Photos and History, Croatia

Aerial view of Plitvice Lakes

PLITVICE LAKES NATIONAL PARK is the oldest national park in Southeast Europe and the largest national park in CROATIA.

          The Plitvice lakes National Park was founded in 1949 and is situated in the mountainous karst area of Central Croatia, at the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

          The important north-south road connection, which passes through the Plitvice lakes National Park area, connects the creation inland with the Adriatic Coastal region in Croatia.

          The history state that the protected area extends over 296.85 square kilometers and about 90 percent of this area part of Like-Senj Country, while the remaining 10 percent are part of Karlovac Country.

          In 1979, Plitvice lakes National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage register among the first natural sites Worldwide and this national park is very famous in Croatia. This Plitvice Lakes National Park natural Photos have been stored by the visitor's cameras.

          Each year more than 1,200,000 visitors are recoded and arranged the road to see the natural scenes or Photos. The entrance is subject to variable charges, up to 110 Kuna or around $ 18 USD per adult in peak season.

          The visitors will be catching the natural photos of Plitvice Lakes National Park in different angles and some news channel officials have been taking the photos of this lakes by aerial way.

          The history state that, the Plitvice National Park is World famous for its lakes arranged in cascades. Currently, 16 lakes can be seen from the surface. These lakes are a result of the confluence of several small rivers and subterranean Karst rivers.

          The 16 lakes of Plitvice lakes are separated into an upper and lower cluster formed by runoff from the mountains, descending from an altitude of 636 to 503m over a distance of some eight km, aligned in a south-north direction and stated in its history.

          At Plitvice Lakes National Park,Croatia, through different climate influences and the large difference is elevation within the protected area. The national park is home to many endemic Species, those species that prevailed at the lakes before the arrival of man still exist and in this Plitvice Lakes National Park, the different types of Species photos have been collected by Botanical Garden  Scientists.