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1 Northern Velebit National Park

http://www.np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/

PR: 5

National Park Sjeverni Velebit, lit. Northern Velebit, is the youngest national park in Croatia. It was founded in 1999 and started work in September the same year.

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2 Krka National Park

http://www.npkrka.hr

PR: 6

The Krka National Park is a spacious, largely unchanged region of exceptional and multifaceted natural value, and includes one or more preserved or insignificantly altered ecosystems.

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3 Brijuni

http://www.brijuni.hr/en/

PR: 6

The Brijuni islands stretch along the south-west coast of the Istrian peninsula; they are separated from the Istrian mainland by the Fažana Channel which is 3 kilometers wide.

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4 Kornati National Park - Murter, Croatia

http://www.kornati.hr/eng/introduction.htm

PR: 4

In the central part of croatian Adriatic Sea, about 15 Nm to the west from Sibenik town, 7 Nm to the southwest from Murter, or 15 Nm to the south from Zadar town, there is amazing group of islands named Kornati archipelago.

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5 National Park Mljet

http://www.np-mljet.hr

PR: 5

For most people, Mljet is an island lost in the open sea, and the island is indeed hard to reach. But do not let this landscape - mentioned in the stories about Odyssey and St. Paul, as well as Benedictine monks and the Mediterranean Seal - remain a secret for you.

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6 THE RISNJAK NATIONAL PARK

http://www.risnjak.hr/enu.php

PR: 5

The Risnjak National Park is located in Gorski kotar, the most wooded part of western Croatia

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7 National park "Paklenica"

http://www.paklenica.hr/En/index_en.html

PR: 5

With its surface area of 96 km2, from the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea to the highest peaks of the Velebit Mountains, Vaganski Vrh (1757 m) and Sveto Brdo (1753 m), Paklenica abounds with numerous natural wonders and phenomena, which is why the entire area was proclaimed a national park in 1949.

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8 Land of the Falling Lakes

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fallinglakes/index.html

PR: 7

NATURE's LAND OF THE FALLING LAKES reveals an enchanted water world in Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park

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9 Plitvice Lakes National Park

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/protected_areas/data/wh/plitvice.html

PR: 3

Plitvice plateau (650-700m) lies between the slopes of Licka Pljesevica (1,640m), Mala Kapela (1,280m) and Medvedjak (884m), and is intersected by the headwaters of the Korana River.

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10 Plitvice Lakes National Park

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/98

PR: 5

The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in turn have created a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls. These geological processes continue today. The forests in the park are home to bears, wolves and many rare bird species.

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