Lika (river)
| Lika | |
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 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 |
• 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
karst topography
at ponors near Lipovo Polje.
Etymology and names
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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- ^ "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.
- ^ 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
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