Fertile Floods: Croatia's Wetlands

Every year, in the middle of Croatia, it's the same story: after the annual snow melt, a huge flood wave spills out of the Alps toward Zagreb and Belgrade. This leads to an increase in the R... Read allEvery year, in the middle of Croatia, it's the same story: after the annual snow melt, a huge flood wave spills out of the Alps toward Zagreb and Belgrade. This leads to an increase in the River Sava's water levels of some ten meters. In the species-rich, alluvial flood forests o... Read allEvery year, in the middle of Croatia, it's the same story: after the annual snow melt, a huge flood wave spills out of the Alps toward Zagreb and Belgrade. This leads to an increase in the River Sava's water levels of some ten meters. In the species-rich, alluvial flood forests of the last major meadow landscapes of the continent, enormous predatory fish like the catf... Read all