River
Krka
73 km from source to mouth · Croatia.
CroatiaFlows into Adriatic Sea9th longest in Croatia
In numbers
Length
73km
Average flow
50m³/s
Basin
2,088km²
Drop
216m
from 215 m to -1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
73 km of river and 16 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 215 m
- 7 kmKrčić waterfall22 m
- 12 kmKnin8,262 people
- 24 kmBilušića buk
- 28 kmManojlovački waterfall60 m
- 29 kmMiljacka
- 42 kmRoški Waterfall22 m
- 52 kmČikolatributary
- 53 kmVisovac Lake7.0 km²
- 54 kmSkradinski buk
- 57 kmOld Krka River Bridge D56
- 59 kmKrka Bridge
- 64 kmBilice2,546 people
- 68 kmŠibenik bridge
- 71 kmŠibenik31,115 people
- 72 kmLake Prokljan19 km²
- 72 kmVela Solina0.6 km²
- 73 kmAdriatic Seaat -1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Croatia
At the mouth it carries 50 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 50 seconds. It drops from 215 m to -1 m, 3.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 2,088 km², about the size of MU. 68,000 people live in it. Highest water: from November to December; lowest: from June to September. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- ŠibenikLargest city on its banks · 31,115 people
- Split Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 39 km from the cityCar hire at SPU airport (Split)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water23 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe12 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Krka, month by month
Highest water: from November to December
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 14 m³/s in the lowest month to 83 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Krka: the basin in numbers
2,491 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 68,000people live in the basin
- 28/km²people per km²
- 405maverage altitude of the basin
- 997mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 12.1°Caverage air temperature
- 5%protected areas
- 1.1%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 8% Forest
- 46% Cropland
- 44% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Krka: what you find on the way
- 3Weirs
- 23WaterfallsSlap Krčić, Bilušića buk, Brljan and 20 more
- 12Rapids
- 2Boat ramps
- 14Ferry piersRoški slap, Stinice, Visovac and 11 more
- 6MarinasMarina Zaton, Port of Šibenik, D-Marin Mandalina and 3 more
- 7River beachesPlaža Pisak, Draga beach, Klauzovac and 4 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Krka in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
6waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
3lakes on its wayLakeyas
13beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
24mountains at the sourcePeakyas
45islands off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (6)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Krčić waterfallkm 822m
- Bilušića bukkm 26
- Manojlovački waterfallkm 3060m
- Miljackakm 32
- Roški Waterfallkm 4622m
- Skradinski bukkm 5846m
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Visovac Lakekm 57 · 55 m deep7.0km²
- Lake Prokljankm 7819km²
- Vela Solinakm 780.6km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (13)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Uvala Vurnaža2.8 km away · cove24.4°C
- Uvala Svetog Petra2.8 km away · cove24.4°C
- Uvala Klobučac4.0 km away · cove24.4°C
- Uvala Dobrika2.8 km away · cove24.4°C
- Uvala Kosirina22 km away · cove24.2°C
- Koromašnica21 km away · cove24.2°C
- Dolac14 km away · cove24.4°C
- Uvala Raduča Vela16 km away · cove24.4°C
5 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (24)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Dinara5.7 km away · prominence 727 m1,831m
- Veliki bat13 km away1,853m
- Runjina Glavica15 km away1,638m
- Slatke Glavice15 km away1,583m
- Veliki Kozjak6.8 km away1,207m
- Golomud8.7 km away1,399m
- Kozji Zub7.6 km away1,393m
- Mala Razvala10 km away1,256m
16 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (45)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Murter22 km away19km²
- Kaprije14 km away7.1km²
- Prvić5.9 km away2.4km²
- Žirje19 km away15km²
- Zlarin5.1 km away8.2km²
- Krapanj7.1 km away0.4km²
- Kakan16 km away3.4km²
- Arta Velika30 km away1.3km²
37 more on IslandyasIslandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Krka in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (3)
Also: Čikola, Butižnica, Krčić
Nearby
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| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q591224) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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