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Velebit is the largest mountain range in Croatia, part of the Dinaric Alps, stretching 145 km along the Adriatic coast. Its highest peak is Vaganski vrh at 1,757 m, with notable passes including Vratnik, Oštarijska vrata, and Prezid. The range is characterized by its karst geology, diverse flora and fauna, and is protected as a nature park, featuring popular sites like Northern Velebit National Park and Paklenica National Park.

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Velebit is the largest mountain range in Croatia, part of the Dinaric Alps, stretching 145 km along the Adriatic coast. Its highest peak is Vaganski vrh at 1,757 m, with notable passes including Vratnik, Oštarijska vrata, and Prezid. The range is characterized by its karst geology, diverse flora and fauna, and is protected as a nature park, featuring popular sites like Northern Velebit National Park and Paklenica National Park.

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Velebit 

(pronounced [v̞ɛlɛ̌bit]; Italian: Alpi Bebie) is the largest, though not the highest, mountain


range in Croatia. The range forms a part of the Dinaric Alps and is located along
the Adriatic coast, separating it from Lika in the interi or. Velebit begins in the northwest
near Senj with the Vrat nik mountain pass and ends 145 km to the southeast near the source of
the Zrmanja river northwest of Knin.
Its highest peak is the Vaganski vrh at 1,757 m.[1] Major mountain passes on Velebit include the
aforementioned Vratnik or Senjsko bilo at 694 m.a.s.l.,[1] where
the Josephina connects Senj with Josipdol; Oštarijska vrata at 928 m.a.s.l. that
connects Karlobag and Gospić;[1] and Prezid at 766 m.a.s .l. that connects Obrovac and Gračac.[1]
The important characteristic of Velebit is its simple, solid form, stiff cliffs, and the nakedness of
seaward side (towards the Velebit Channel) and the wood-covered slopes of the Lika side. The
bas ic geologi ca l characteristic of the mountains is karst ; flora and fauna are abundant. The
whole mountain range is pr otected as nature park, and the most popular spots on Velebit are:
the peak of Vučjak (1,644 m) above Z avi žan, the botanical gardens
and caves, Hajdučki and Rožanski kukovi, Štirova ča, the  Northern Velebit National Park and
the Paklenica National Park.[2] The Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service has a
permane nt measurement station at Zavižan.[1]

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