Monuments of nature
The Blue Lake
Blue Lake is elliptical in shape and between 300 to 500 m deep. The water level in the lake varies annually and can reach up to 100 m. The lake is a funnel-shaped crater sitting at the edge of the old town of Imotski. Blue Lake is a great for swimming and a popular summer gathering spot for many people of Imotski, but also a frequent choice of many visitors. The lake can be accessed by walking down a serpentine built in the early 20th century in a technique of dry stone walls.
The Red Lake
This hydro-morphological phenomenon is situated 1.5 km northwest from Imotski. This fissure in red stones is more than 500 m deep and partly filled with water. The lake owes its name to the reflection of the red rocks surrounding it. Experts consider it to be one of the deepest water fissure in Europe. It was protected as a Monument of nature in 1971. A research project in 1998 revealed that the lake bottom is at 6 m below sea level, which qualifies it as depression.
Nature Park Biokovo
Biokovo is the highest mountain range in the coastal area of the Republic of Croatia. Biokovo's highest point, the St. George peak, is at an altitude of 1,762 meters above sea level. The unique geomorphology, exceptional biodiversity and mesmerizing beauty of the landscape have earned the Biokovo mountain range the status of a protected nature park. It is a part of the largest karst area in Europe – the Dinaric Alps, which is a globally known locus typicus of the specific karst morphology which creates the climatic and physical barrier between the coast and the hinterland, where the Lakes of Imotski are located.
Vegetation
BILAG's vegetation cover is exceptionally diverse and interesting, with an evident mixture of different floral elements. The mountain's flora features a mixture of the oldest of Mediterranean, new Boreal and Central European floral elements. Biokovo might look barren at first sight, but in reality it has an abundance of plant and animal species
Wildlife
Geopark's fauna is rich and diverse. This whole area is a treasure chest of a large number of endemic species. The mountain's fauna is also very diverse, especially in its subterranean caves. Wolf and the wild boar call the mountain their home, as well as wild mouflon sheep and chamois goat, present in large numbers on Biokovo since it was reintroduced back in 1964.
Geopark Biokovo-Imotski Lakes - as a part of UNESCO Global Geoparks Network
Geological Map
News
An interesting workshop was organized as part of the European Geoparks Week – EGN Week 2024
Biokovo-Imotski Lakes Geopark officially becomes a UNESCO Global Geopark
Cooperation Agreement between Idrija UNESCO Global Geopark and Biokovo-Imotski Lakes Geopark
The new visitor center in the hinterland of the Geopark Biokovo-Imotski Lakes
Sunflower Award of Croatian Rural Tourism 2021 awarded to Geopark Biokovo–Imotski Lakes
Descent into the Zovnjača cave with colleagues from the Public Institution “Sea and Karst”
The story of the future UNESCO Geopark Biokovo-Imotski Lakes is moving forward
Geopark Biokovo-Imotski Lakes presented at the 5th Digital Forum in Papuk
Internal and Stakeholders Workshop of the Geopark Biokovo-Imotski Lakes
