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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 km² (888.6 sq mi).[1]

Korana
Korana canyon at Slunj
Location
Countries	Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Kupa
• coordinates	45.500°N 15.575°E / 45.500; 15.575
Length	138.6 km (86.1 mi) [1]
Basin size	2,301.5 km2 (888.6 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Kupa→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea

The river's name is derived from Proto-Indo-European *karr- 'rock'.[2] It was recorded in the 13th century as Coranna and Corona.[3]

Korana rises in the eastern 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 Slunjčica 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.[4]

See also

• Plitvice Lakes
• Una

References

Sources

• Šimunović, Petar (March 2013). "Predantički toponimi u današnjoj (i povijesnoj) Hrvatskoj" [Pre-Roman placenames in present-day (and historical) Croatia] (PDF). Folia Onomastica Croatica (in Croatian). Zagreb: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (22): 147–214. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
• Karlovac: četiri rijeke - jedan grad (in Croatian)

На других языках

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[de] Korana

Die Korana [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈkɔrana] ist ein Karstfluss in Mittelkroatien. Sie entsteht im Anschluss an die Plitvicer Seen, die sich in der Lika befinden (Gespanschaft Lika-Senj). Offiziell beginnt die Korana bei der Mündung des Flusses Plitvica, am Ende der Seenkette der Plitvicer Seen. Diese Stelle wird Sastavci (deut. Zusammenfluss) genannt. Unmittelbar nördlich der Seen beginnt die Kordun-Region (Gespanschaft Karlovac), durch die der Fluss weiter gen Norden fließt. Die Korana bildet einige Kilometer lang die Grenze zu Bosnien und Herzegowina und fließt durch Slunj, vorbei am Naturphänomen Rastoke, das den Plitvicer Seen sehr ähnlich ist, bis sie in den Fluss Kupa (dt. auch Kulpa) bei Karlovac mündet.

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- [en] Korana

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[it] Korana (fiume)

Il Korana è un fiume della Croazia centrale e della Bosnia ed Erzegovina occidentale. Il fiume ha una lunghezza totale di 138,6 km e un bacino idrografico di 2301,5 km².[1]

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[ru] Корана (река)

Корана (хорв. Korana) — река в Хорватии и Боснии и Герцеговине, правый приток реки Купа. Длина реки — 144 км, средний расход воды — 86 м³/с. Принадлежит к бассейну Дуная и Чёрного моря.

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