Majerovo vrilo, a source of the Gacka River

The Gacka is a river located in the Lika region of central Croatia.

Because for a large part of its course it is a subterranean river, estimates of its length vary. The aboveground part has undergone substantial human intervention – before it was 32 kilometres (20 miles) long; now it is only 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) long.[1] It has been regulated by man to flow into an aqueduct in Gusić polje (known as Tunel Gacka-Gusić Jezero[2]) and then into the Adriatic Sea through the hydroelectric installation HE Senj near Sveti Juraj.[1] Built in 1965, HE Senj takes inflow from both the Gacka and Lika rivers.[3][4]

The river passes through karst fields and most notably the town of Otočac, and its headwaters are known as a popular locale for trout fishing.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Lika-Senj County Tourist Board, "Rijeka Gacka". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  2. ^ Tunel Gacka-Gusić Jezero (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ Hrvatska elektroprivreda, http://www.hep.hr/proizvodnja/osnovni/hidroelektrane/zapad/default.aspx Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Hrvatska elektroprivreda, http://www.hep.hr/proizvodnja/en/basicdata/hydro/west/senj.aspx Archived 2016-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Gacka.hr
  6. ^ ‘Trout Fishing in Yugoslavia Plumbs the Depths of Emotion’. nytimes.com MARCH 5, 1972

44°53′53″N 15°06′07″E / 44.89806°N 15.10194°E / 44.89806; 15.10194

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