Krka National Park is in Dalmatia, in southern Croatia, and protects a long stretch of the Krka river, which runs through a limestone canyon and forms a series of waterfalls. The falls are created by travertine barriers, natural dams formed by moss and algae that deposit calcium carbonate, with Skradinski Buk the longest and best known. The park includes the island of Visovac with a Franciscan monastery, and the ruins of fortresses. It shelters many birds, bats, fish and plants. In the nineteenth century, a hydroelectric plant at Jaruga, built using designs related to Nikola Tesla's alternating current systems, supplied the nearby town of Sibenik, among the first in the world. Swimming below the falls is no longer permitted.
Before and after
- from 1985 to 1991Perestroika
- 1985Founding of Economic Cooperation Organization
- 1985Trial of the Juntas
- c. 1980sIslamism in the Gaza Strip
- 1985Establishment of Krka National Park
- 1985Discovery of KNM WT 17000
- 1985Invention of Konami Code
- 1985The Antarctic ozone hole is discovered
- 7 January 1985Birth of Lewis Hamilton
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