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Gospić - Natural attractions

Gorski Kotar - Lika

On the western edge of one of the largest karst field in Croatia, Licko fields, beneath the highest and most beautiful Croatian mountain Velebit, on the crossroads of the north to the south and along the banks of three rivers, Like, coins and Bogdanica Gospic is located in the city, economic, administrative, religious and cultural center of Lika Senj.

Cave near the town park Grabovača Perušić between Gospic and Otocac contains the priceless treasure of underground karst formations, even 1 / 4 of the total number of protected speleološlih facilities in Croatia. It consists of six caves and a pit from which the three caves on the list of protected monuments of national geomorphological nature Samograd, Medina cave, cave Amidžina, United Kozarica Small Kozarica Tabakuša and Slipica-Jama/Japaga. Cave Park Grabovača "as a set of pure nature offers a range of experiences and values ​​in environmental, scientific, educational and aesthetic sense.

Velebit mountain, one of the largest in the area of ​​the Dinarides, extends in length about 145 km from Senj Vratnik over the northwest to bend Canyon in the southeast. On the surface, approximately 2 270 km2 scattered cluster of countless craggy cliffs and sinkholes, hips, mountain ridges, valleys and peaks, of which 130 exceeds the average altitude of 1370 m. The northern part of Velebit, reaching up to almost 1700 m (Mali Rajinac 1699 m), the middle part of more than 1600 m (1624 m Šatorina, Ograđenik 1604 m, 1614 m enclosure), and in the southern and highest part of 1700 to 1758 m (1723 m peak Babin, Vaganski top 1757 m, 1715 m Šegestin, Malovan 1709 m, 1751 m Sacred Hill).

Velebit Nature Park is a major hub of endemic flora and fauna of the land in Croatia. Velebitska degenija (Degenia velebitica), Croatia gušarka (Arabis croatica), Croatian bell (Edraianthus graminofolius var. Croaticus), fish Dalmatian Barbelgudgeon (Aulopyge huge), Long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii) and wolf (Canis lupus) are just some of the most endemic and park full of rare species of various karst phenomena. The area of ​​northern Velebit was proclaimed a national park.

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