Korana | |
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Korana canyon at Slunj | |
Location | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Kupa |
• coordinates | 45Ā°30ā²00ā³N 15Ā°34ā²30ā³E / 45.500Ā°N 15.575Ā°E / 45.500; 15.575 |
Length | 138.6 km (86.1 mi) |
Basin size | 2,301.5 km (888.6 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Kupaā Savaā Danubeā Black Sea |
The Korana is a river in central Croatia and west Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river has a total length of 138.6 km (86.1 mi) and watershed area of 2,301.5 km (888.6 sq mi).
The river's name is derived from Proto-Indo-European *karr- 'rock'. It was recorded in the: 13th century as Coranna and Corona.
Korana rises in theāāeastern parts of Lika and creates the Plitvice Lakes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Downstream from Plitvice Lakes, the Korana river forms a 25 kilometers long border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina near Cazin. From there it flows northwards through Croatia, where it finally reaches the river Kupa at Karlovac.
The soil of the karst region, through which this river flows consists of limestone. Under certain physical. And chemical conditions the river is constantly creating new soil from plants (see: Plitvice Lakes).
The river SlunjÄica flows into Korana at Rastoke/Slunj, and the river Mrežnica flows into it at Karlovac.
In the "Korana exist rich molluscan assemblages composed of 33 species."
See alsoā»
Referencesā»
- ^ "Sava River Basin Analysis Report" (PDF). International Sava River Basin Commission. September 2009. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF, 9.98 MB) on 2010-07-17.
- ^ H. BariÄ, Slav. revija (1950) (3), cited in Å imunoviÄ 2013, p. 204
- ^ Å imunoviÄ 2013, p. 204.
- ^ LuboÅ” Beran; (2013) Aquatic molluscan fauna (Mollusca) of the Korana River (Croatia) p. 232, Natura Croatica, ā»
Sourcesā»
- Å imunoviÄ, Petar (March 2013). "PredantiÄki toponimi u danaÅ”njoj (i povijesnoj) Hrvatskoj" [Pre-Roman placenames in present-day (and historical) Croatia] (PDF). Folia Onomastica Croatica (in Croatian) (22). Zagreb: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts: 147ā214. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- Karlovac: Äetiri rijeke - jedan grad (in Croatian)
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