Go Visit Plitvice Lakes National Park
The Plitvice Lakes National Park is one of Croatia's top sights. It is the most
popular National Park in Croatia.
Over 80% of the Plitvice Lakes National Park is covered by forest. These are
mostly mountain beech forests or mixed beech and pine forests, with a special
Forest Reserve - the Corkova uvala virgin forest. The forest serves as a shelter
and home to large predators and mammals, while the layer of leaves is one of the
richest microhabitats in the world. This deep layer of decomposing material is
home to vertebrates, such as salamanders and various mammals, and many
invertebrates which either feed on decomposing leaves, fungi and bacteria or
prey on other species in this habitat.
Water makes up less than 1% of the entire protected area in the Plitvice Lakes
National Park, but represents its most attractive part. The specific chemical
composition of the water depends primarily on the type of bedrock. Today, all
inland water, from the smallest pond to the largest lake, is inhabited by insects.
In the karst areas of the Plitvice Lakes National Park, caves and pits are common
and each has a multitude of various cave microhabitats and specific living
conditions. Among the caves discovered to date, three are geomorphological
nature monuments - Golubnjaca, Supljara and Crna pecina or Pecina Vile
Jezerkinje.
The most attractive part of Plitvice Lakes National Park, countless tufa waterfalls
are also a specific habitat for the living world. The moss and higher plants visible
to the eye conceal a diversity of microscopic life - algae, bacteria, insect larvae
and invertebrates. These organisms are part of the complex and fascinating
process of tufa deposition, which has been occurring in the Plitvice falls for
thousands of years.
On the grasslands (meadows and pastures) of the Plitvice Lakes National Park,
soil diversity means a diversity of plants. We find dry habitats with acidic or
carbonate soils, moderately wet habitats and moderately deep soils, very wet
habitats with alkaline or acidic soils, peat habitats and more.
The Plitvice Lakes National Park is one of Croatia's top sights. It is the most
popular National Park in Croatia.
Over 80% of the Plitvice Lakes National Park is covered by forest. These are
mostly mountain beech forests or mixed beech and pine forests, with a special
Forest Reserve - the Corkova uvala virgin forest. The forest serves as a shelter
and home to large predators and mammals, while the layer of leaves is one of the
richest microhabitats in the world. This deep layer of decomposing material is
home to vertebrates, such as salamanders and various mammals, and many
invertebrates which either feed on decomposing leaves, fungi and bacteria or
prey on other species in this habitat.
Water makes up less than 1% of the entire protected area in the Plitvice Lakes
National Park, but represents its most attractive part. The specific chemical
composition of the water depends primarily on the type of bedrock. Today, all
inland water, from the smallest pond to the largest lake, is inhabited by insects.
In the karst areas of the Plitvice Lakes National Park, caves and pits are common
and each has a multitude of various cave microhabitats and specific living
conditions. Among the caves discovered to date, three are geomorphological
nature monuments - Golubnjaca, Supljara and Crna pecina or Pecina Vile
Jezerkinje.
The most attractive part of Plitvice Lakes National Park, countless tufa waterfalls
are also a specific habitat for the living world. The moss and higher plants visible
to the eye conceal a diversity of microscopic life - algae, bacteria, insect larvae
and invertebrates. These organisms are part of the complex and fascinating
process of tufa deposition, which has been occurring in the Plitvice falls for
thousands of years.
On the grasslands (meadows and pastures) of the Plitvice Lakes National Park,
soil diversity means a diversity of plants. We find dry habitats with acidic or
carbonate soils, moderately wet habitats and moderately deep soils, very wet
habitats with alkaline or acidic soils, peat habitats and more.
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