Lika River

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The Lika River is a karst river in the Lika region of Croatia, known for its sinking course and role in feeding the Lika hydroelectric system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lika River canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinSize 1570 km² ⓘ
climateZone continental climate with mountain influences ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Croatia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Republic of Croatia ⓘ
drainagePattern sinking into karst ponors ⓘ
drainageType inland karst drainage ⓘ
economicImportance energy production ⓘ
local agriculture irrigation ⓘ
environmentalImportance regional freshwater ecosystem ⓘ
etymologyRegion named after Lika region ⓘ
linked to: Lika region
feeds Lika hydroelectric system ⓘ
flowsThrough Gospić field ⓘ
Ličko polje ⓘ
geologicalSetting Dinaric Alps ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion central Croatia ⓘ
hasMouth Novakovića ponor ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Lika ⓘ
hasTributary Bogdanica River ⓘ
Novčica River ⓘ
hydrologicalBasin Lika basin ⓘ
hydrologicalFeature ponor ⓘ
hydrologicalPhenomenon sinking and re-emerging flows typical of karst ⓘ
hydrologicalType sinking river ⓘ
infrastructureAssociated Lika hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
Sklope hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
reservoirs and channels of Lika hydroelectric system ⓘ
length 78 km ⓘ
locatedIn Dinaric karst region ⓘ
linked to: Dinaric Karst

Lika region ⓘ
Lika-Senj County ⓘ
nameLanguage Croatian ⓘ
nearCity Gospić ⓘ
nearSettlement Bilaj ⓘ
Ličko Lešće ⓘ
partOf Lika karst plateau ⓘ
regionType karst landscape ⓘ
riverSystem Adriatic Sea basin ⓘ
linked to: Adriatic Sea
sourceElevation 600 m ⓘ
sourceLocation Velebit mountain ⓘ
near village of Kukljić ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
watercourseCharacteristic intermittent surface flow ⓘ
subterranean flow ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gospić → hasRiver → Lika River ⓘ
Lika → crossedBy → Lika River ⓘ
Lika → namedAfter → Lika River ⓘ
Novčica River → mouthOfWaterBody → Lika River ⓘ
Novčica River → tributaryOf → Lika River ⓘ