CROATIAN CLIMATE AND TERRITORY

The Croatian has a very diverse area in the morphological appearance, with plains and low hills c alcarei and a coastline full of coves, bays and inlets off the coast which are a thousand islands. There are three regions where it is possible to divide the territory: the section north-west (Slavonia) and the center of the country (and Podravina Posavina), where the foothills of the Pannonian basin are fertile plains bathed by the rivers Drava and Sava, the Coast Adriatic, occupying the entire western side of the country and includes the peninsula of ' Istria , karst plateau located at the northwest of the country, Kvarner and Dalmatia , a region of limestone reliefs from the heavily indented coastline fronted by numerous islands, including Brac , Cres, Korcula and Vis, most recently, the mountain range of the Dinaric Alps, running parallel to the Dalmatian coast and eastern natural border with Bosnia-Herzegovina, which extends into the southwestern section of the country. On the Croatian side, the chain culminates in Mount Dinara (1,831 m).

Within the country the climate is continental with hot summers and cold winters. The Adriatic coast enjoys a Mediterranean climate on the other hand, characterized by mild winters and sunny summers and rainy and dry. The average temperature recorded in Zagreb in the heart of the country, is 0 ° C in January and 24 ° C in July; to Dubrovnik on the Dalmatian coast, temperatures are in the same period of 9 and 25 ° C. The average annual rainfall is about 760 mm on the coast and about 650 mm in the capital.

The flora is mainly composed of deciduous forests, especially in the plains and mountainous areas, where widespread oak and beech, conifers predominate at high altitudes. The coast has a subtropical and Mediterranean vegetation, with cypress trees, vineyards, figs and oranges. Among the many animal species on Croatian territory, some of which are endangered in western Europe, remember the wolf, fox, lynx, deer and mouflon.

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