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Krka (Adriatic Sea)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Krka (pronounced [ˈkr̩ka]) is a river in Croatia's Dalmatia region, known for its numerous waterfalls. It is 73 km (45 mi) long and its basin covers an area of 2,088 km2 (806 mi2). It was known in ancient Greek as Kyrikos, or maybe also as Catarbates (literally "steeply falling") by the ancient Greeks, it was known to the ancient Romans as Titius, Corcoras, or Korkoras.

Flows through: Croatia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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