List of national parks of Croatia
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There are eight national parks in Croatia. Their total area is 994 km²; 759 km² is land and 235 km² is water.

• Risnjak (since September 15, 1953)
• Brijuni (since October 27, 1983)
• Plitvice Lakes (since April 8, 1949)
• Northern Velebit (since June 2, 1999)
• Paklenica (since October 19, 1949)
• Krka (since January 24, 1985)
• Kornati (since July 24, 1980)
• Mljet (since November 12, 1960)

The Croatian law on the preservation of nature defines national parks as one of the eight types of protected areas of nature. Another notable category is a nature park, of which there are ten.

Each of the national parks is maintained by a separate institution, overseen and funded by the government ministry of nature conservation and spatial development.

External links

• Clickable map of national parks in Croatia (in Croatian only, but with links to pages in English)

The original article can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Croatia.
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