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Northern Velebit National Park

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Northern Velebit National Park is a national park in the Velebit mountain range of Lika-Senj, Croatia, established in 1999. It covers about 109 square kilometers of karst mountain terrain in the northern part of the Velebit range. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
Biosphere Reserve 3
Designation Category
National Park 3
Established Year
1999 3
Area (sq km)
109 3
IUCN Category
II 3
Classification
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 2
Sources
1. National parks of Croatia (Wikipedia)
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Northern Velebit National Park is a national park in the Velebit mountain range of Lika-Senj, Croatia, established in 1999.
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2. Northern Velebit National Park (Wikipedia)
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In 2017, the beech forests within the national park were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe because of their testimony to the ecological history of forest dynamics within Europe since the last Ice Age.
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3. Northern Velebit National Park (Wikidata)
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  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q158454
  • Wikidata item Q591878
    P31 protected-area class match, verified by search+class allow-list
  • Part Of: Croatia, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Northern Velebit National Park
Wikidata Q591878, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Croatia
On Continent: Europe, Wikidata item for Croatia, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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