Lika (river)

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Lika
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Lika River, near Kosinj
Origin Velebit Mountains
Mouth ponor
Basin countries Croatia
Length 77 km
Source elevation 600 m
Mouth elevation 480 m
Avg. discharge 7.33 m³/s
Basin area 1,014 km2 (392 sq mi)

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 ponors or swallow-holes and disappears from the surface. The Lika River rises near the village of Kukljić at the foot of the Velebit Mountains, flows in a northwesterly direction past the town of Gospić, enters and leaves Lake Krušćica, and continues to the northwest until it sinks into the karst topography at ponors near Lipovo Polje.

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