The Mrežnica () is a
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in
Karlovac County
Karlovac County () is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia.
The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier. It was built as a six-side st ...
,
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
.
It is long and its basin covers an area of .
Mrežnica is considered special due to its large number of
waterfalls
A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge
of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in several ...
, totalling 93. It rises in
Kordun, west of
Slunj, and flows northwards, in parallel to
Dobra and
Korana, through
Generalski Stol and
Duga Resa
Duga Resa is a town in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located about 65 km southwest of Zagreb and 100 km east of Rijeka.
Name
The earliest reference to Duga Resa is from the year 1380. There are several theories on how the then-villag ...
, when it finally flows into the Korana in the south of
Karlovac
Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377.
Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ...
(at
Mostanje/
Turanj).
The
Gojak Hydroelectric Power Plant is a high pressure diversion plant which harnesses the river power of the
Ogulinska Dobra and Mrežnica rivers.
References
Bibliography
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Rivers of Croatia
Landforms of Karlovac County
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