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the mountain area
Gorski kotar, Ravna Gora, winter
The mountain area, with its temperate and Ličanka, with the artificial lakes of
to mountain climate, boasts pure air and Lokve (31 million m3 of water) and Bajer
clear water among its many forests, and is (1.2 million m3 of water), form part of the
bursting with rich flora and fauna. The area hydropower system of Vinodol. They too
is very sparsely inhabited. In the western are part of the Adriatic basin.
part of Gorski Kotar the highest peaks
are Risnjak (1528 m) and Snježnik
(1506 m), and in the southeastern
part Bjelolasica (1534 m) and Viševica
(1428 m). Between them, towards
the northeast, the lower central zone
stretches through the valleys of the
rivers Dobra and Kupa. The river Kupa,
the largest in the county, flows towards
the Sava River into the Black Sea basin,
the Ličanka River passes Dubračina
River and reaches the Adriatic basin.
The subterranean rivers of Lokvarka Gorski kotar, Ravna Gora
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