Numeracy@English Erasmus+ KA2 Numbers in nature Strahoninec, Croatia - May, 2016

1. NUMBERS IN NATURE
Croatia

2. Numbers…
•8 national parks
•2 strict reserves
•11 nature parks
•444 protected areas all together, 9% of the country

3. National parks in Croatia

4. Plitvice Lakes
- 12 Upper Lakes, 4 Lower Lakes, many waterfalls

8. Brijuni
-14 islands

9. -the oldest olive tree in the Mediterranean, 1600 years old

10. Boškarin – ox, considered to be the oldest cattle species
in Europe; protected

12. Kornati
-89 uninhibited islands, islets and reefs

16. Krka
-1 river, 7 waterfalls

18. Risnjak
-mountain massif was named after the lynx, in Croatian ris

20. Lynx
– very low number of lynxes

21. Brown bears and wolves
-endangered

22. NorthernVelebit

24. -all three species of large carnivores and their presence in this area is a sign of
the well preserved ecosystem

25. Paklenica
- 2 canyons
-over 360 climbing routes

27. Mljet
-on the same-named island of Mljet
-2 lakes: Small Lake and Great Lake

31. MEĐIMURJE

32. Regional Park Mura-Drava

33. Protected plants
-some of them…
Fritillaria
Snowdrops
Pulsatilla
Great Burnet

34. Protected animals
-some of them…
Black stork
Otter
Scarce Large Blue
Peacock butterfly

35. What do we do to protect nature?
Videos

37. Numeracy@English
Strahoninec, Croatia
May, 2016