Lička Plješivica (i.e., "Plješivica of

Lika Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by t ...

"), also called Plješevica (), is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

located in

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and on the border with

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, part of the

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Geography

Plješivica is part of the

, and it stretches in the northwest–southeast direction, extending from

Bihać Bihać is a city and the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una (Sava), Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in th ...

at its northwesternmost point and the mountain pass that separates it from

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, along the

Krbava Krbava (; ) is a historical region located in Mountainous Croatia and a former Catholic bishopric (1185–1460), precursor of the diocese of Modruš and present Latin titular see. It can be considered either located east of Lika, or indeed as ...

field on Croatian side to the southwest and the Una River valley around

Ripač Ripač ( sr-cyrl, Рипач) is a village in the municipality of Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ripač is the location of a border crossing with Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Centr ...

on the Bosnian side to the northeast, continuing upstream along the Una by making its canyon southwestern slopes and ending near

Donji Lapac Donji Lapac ( sr-Cyrl, Доњи Лапац) is a settlement and a municipality in Lika, Croatia. Geography Donji Lapac is located a region of eastern Lika called ''Ličko Pounje'', by the river Una (Sava), Una that flows near the town in the val ...

. Inside the north parts of the mountain there used to be the

Željava Air Base Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under the mountain, near the city of Bihać, was the largest underground hangar and military air base in the SFR Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugosl ...

, the largest underground airbase in

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. On the top of Gola Plješevica there was military complex with intercept and surveillance radar "Celopek". The highest peaks: * Ozeblin at 1,657 meters, in the south-central part of the mount, located between

Udbina Udbina is a settlement and a municipality in historical Krbava, in the Lika region of Croatia. Administratively, it is part of the Lika-Senj County. Geography Udbina is located in the large karst field called Krbava. It is approximately 45 kil ...

and

* Gola Plješevica at 1,646 meters, located in the northern part, between

and

Korenica Korenica is a village in Lika, Croatia, located in the municipality of Plitvička Jezera, on the D1 road between Plitvice and Udbina. According to 2011 census it has 1,766 residents. It is the seat of the Plitvička Jezera Municipality. In SF ...

* Tabla at 1,613 meters and Trovrh at 1,602 meters, in the north-central region, between Bjelopolje and Melinovac * Crni vrh at 1,604 meters and Rudi Lisac at 1,608 meters, to the south of Ozeblin A bit further to the south of Plješivica is Kremen at 1,591 meters. A categorization of the highest points of Croatia by professor Vladimir Volenec, first published in 1990 and revised in 2015, has combined the latter peak into the

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of Plješivica. The area in the south of Ozeblin and east of Kremen also includes other mountain tops like Javornik (1,292 m), Jasenov vrh (1,279 m), Razboj (Paverov vrh 1,269 m) and Strma Čemernica (Gutešin vrh 1,416 m). To the west is Mrsinj at 1,268 meters.

Climate

Between 1981 and 1988, the highest temperature recorded at the Plješevica weather station was , on 28 July 1983. The coldest temperature was , on 7 January 1985.

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Alpinism

Biology

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