Lika (river)

River in Croatia

Lika

Lika River, near Kosinj

Location
Country| Croatia
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Velebit Mountains
• elevation| 600 m (2,000 ft)
Mouth|

• location

| ponor

• coordinates

| 44°46′N 15°10′E﻿ / ﻿44.767°N 15.167°E﻿ / 44.767; 15.167

• elevation

| 480 m (1,570 ft)
Length| 77 km (48 mi)
Basin size| 1,014 km2 (392 sq mi)
Discharge|
• average| 7.33 m3/s (259 cu ft/s)

The Lika is a river in Croatia which gives its name to the Lika region. It is 77 kilometres (48 mi) long and it has a basin with an area of 1,014 square kilometres (392 sq mi). Its average discharge at the measurement station in Bilaj (covering 225 km2 of the basin) is 7.33 m3/s, and it can go completely dry.[1]

It is known as a sinking river because at the end of its course, it flows into a series of ponors or swallow-holes and disappears from the surface. The Lika River rises near the village of Kukljić at the foot of the Velebit Mountains, flows in a northwesterly direction past the town of Gospić, enters and leaves Lake Krušćica, and continues to the northwest until it sinks into the karst topography at ponors near Lipovo Polje.

## Etymology and names

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The name is mostly likely to derive from the Proto-Indo European root *u̯leiku̯- ‘to be(come) moist, to moisten’.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Karakteristike značajnijih vodotoka". Vodnogospodarska osnova Hrvatske - Strategija upravljanja vodama (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
2. ^ Bichlmeier, H. (2023). The Croatian Hydronym and Choronym Líka and its Presumed Relatives Lech, Liẽkė, etc.. Folia onomastica Croatica, (32), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.21857/9e31lh642m

* Bonacci, Ognjen and Andric, Ivo. carsologica.zrc-sazu.si Sinking Karst Rivers Hydrology: Case of the Lika and Gacka (Croatia)

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Hydrography of Croatia

Rivers|

| Black Sea Basin|

* Bednja
* Biđ
* Bijela
* Bjelovacka
* Bosut
* Česma
* Črnec
* Črnec
* Danube
* Dobra
* Drava
* Glina
* Glogovnica
* Ilova
* Karašica
* Karašica
* Korana
* Krapina
* Krka
* Kupa
* Kupčina
* Lika
* Londža
* Lonja
* Mrežnica
* Mura
* Odra
* Orljava
* Pakra
* Plitvica
* Račačka
* Sava
* Slunjčica
* Spačva
* Studva
* Sunja
* Sutla
* Trnava
* Una
* Veliki Strug
* Vuka
* Zelina

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Adriatic Basin|

* Bijela
* Boljunčica
* Cetina
* Čikola
* Dragonja
* Gacka
* Jadro
* Krka
* Mirna
* Neretva
* Ombla
* Raša
* Rječina
* Zrmanja

Lakes|

* Baćina
* Dubrava
* Krušćica
* Lokve
* Ormož
* Peruća
* Plitvice
* Prokljan
* Trakošćan
* Varaždin
* Vrana (Cres)
* Vrana (Dalmatia)

Valleys, estuaries,
canyons, wetlands|

* Kopački Rit
* Lim
* Lonjsko Polje
* Neretva Delta
* Paklenica
* Spačva basin

Waterfalls|

* Galovački buk
* Skradinski buk
* Roški slap
* Štrbački buk
* Large waterfall (Plitvice)

Canals|

* Bobota Canal
* Danube-Sava Canal (proposed)
* Sava-Odra-Sava Canal

Adriatic Sea|

* Kvarner Gulf
* Bay of Bakar
* Bay of Mali Ston
* Novsko Ždrilo
* Split Channel
* Split Gates
* Gulf of Piran
* Brač Channel
* Hvar Channel
* Velebit Channel
* Vinodol Channel
* St. Anthony Channel
* Zavratnica

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