The Dobra (pronounced[dobra]) is a river located mostly in the Karlovac County in the Republic of Croatia. It is 104.2 kilometres (64.7 mi) long and its basin covers an area of 1,428 square kilometres (551 sq mi).[1] Its name is the feminine form of the Croatian adjective meaning "good" but it is over simplistic folk etymology. The river name probably comes from the Celtic transl. cel – transl. dubrum, dubron meaning ‘water’, Illyrian δυβρις (dybris) ‘deep’ or Old Slavonic dъbrь (dubri, debra) also ‘deep’ or ‘valley’.
Dobra rises in Gorski Kotar near Skrad and Ravna Gora, where it flows first to the north and then turns to the east. It flows past Vrbovsko, to the southeast into the city of Ogulin, where it becomes an underground stream. It takes a sharp northward turn and rises back to the surface north of Ogulin. It continues to the northeast, past the Lešće spa and a hydroelectric plant (built and in test operation as of 2010[update]), running in parallel to the Kupa and Mrežnica, and finally flows into the Kupa north of Karlovac.
The Dobra river is rich in fish and birds. The Upper and Lower Dobra river are abundant with fish species: brown and rainbow trout, grayling, chub, barbel, bleak, carp, and tench, all in Upper Dobra, while the Lower Dobra is one of the rare Croatian rivers that has fish species such as sprout, pike, chub, pomfret, and barbel.[2]
North of Ogulin, near Gojak, the water of Dobra is harvested for the Gojak Hydroelectric Power Plant, a hydroelectricpower plant built to utilize the rivers Dobra and Mrežnica. In 2010 the Lešće hydroelectric power plant started operating on the Lower Dobra section of the river.[3]
Upper Dobra or Ogulin Dobra (Ogulinska Dobra in Croatian) is a typical torrential water with sudden and big changes in volume flow, while the average slope decline is 1.4%. A smaller river Kamačnik flows into Dobra near Vrbovsko. Until 1957 Dobra was disappearing in Đula's pit, a huge pit in the center of Ogulin. The Upper Dobra river was diverted into the system of the Hydroelectric power plant Gojak some 1.5 km upstream of Đula's pit, and by doing that an artificial lake Bukovnik was created. From the dam down to Đula's pit the river bed is filled with water that is there only once in a while, whenever there's heavy rainfall which causes the river to overflow the dam.[4]
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^ abc(PDF). International Sava River Basin Commission. September 2009. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF, 9.98 MB) on 2010-07-17.
^[1] 2012-09-20 at the Wayback Machine "Rijeka Dobra - lipljanski dio", www.huchen-angler.com, 2012.
^[2] "Hydroelectric power plant Lešće", www.obnovljivi.com, 2010.
^[3] "Jezero Bukovnik" ("The Bukovnik lake"), www.ogulin.hr, 2012.
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dobra, kupa, dobra, pronounced, dobra, river, located, mostly, karlovac, county, republic, croatia, kilometres, long, basin, covers, area, square, kilometres, name, feminine, form, croatian, adjective, meaning, good, over, simplistic, folk, etymology, river, n. The Dobra pronounced dobra is a river located mostly in the Karlovac County in the Republic of Croatia It is 104 2 kilometres 64 7 mi long and its basin covers an area of 1 428 square kilometres 551 sq mi 1 Its name is the feminine form of the Croatian adjective meaning good but it is over simplistic folk etymology The river name probably comes from the Celtic transl cel transl dubrum dubron meaning water Illyrian dybris dybris deep or Old Slavonic dbr dubri debra also deep or valley DobraLocationCountryCroatiaPhysical characteristicsMouth locationKupa coordinates45 32 58 N 15 31 25 E 45 5494 N 15 5237 E 45 5494 15 5237Length104 2 km 64 7 mi 1 Basin size1 428 km2 551 sq mi 1 Basin featuresProgressionKupa Sava Danube Black Sea Dobra rises in Gorski Kotar near Skrad and Ravna Gora where it flows first to the north and then turns to the east It flows past Vrbovsko to the southeast into the city of Ogulin where it becomes an underground stream It takes a sharp northward turn and rises back to the surface north of Ogulin It continues to the northeast past the Lesce spa and a hydroelectric plant built and in test operation as of 2010 update running in parallel to the Kupa and Mreznica and finally flows into the Kupa north of Karlovac The Dobra river is rich in fish and birds The Upper and Lower Dobra river are abundant with fish species brown and rainbow trout grayling chub barbel bleak carp and tench all in Upper Dobra while the Lower Dobra is one of the rare Croatian rivers that has fish species such as sprout pike chub pomfret and barbel 2 North of Ogulin near Gojak the water of Dobra is harvested for the Gojak Hydroelectric Power Plant a hydroelectric power plant built to utilize the rivers Dobra and Mreznica In 2010 the Lesce hydroelectric power plant started operating on the Lower Dobra section of the river 3 Two motorway bridges have been built over the Dobra the Dobra Bridge A1 and the Dobra Bridge A6 Upper Dobra or Ogulin Dobra editUpper Dobra or Ogulin Dobra Ogulinska Dobra in Croatian is a typical torrential water with sudden and big changes in volume flow while the average slope decline is 1 4 A smaller river Kamacnik flows into Dobra near Vrbovsko Until 1957 Dobra was disappearing in Đula s pit a huge pit in the center of Ogulin The Upper Dobra river was diverted into the system of the Hydroelectric power plant Gojak some 1 5 km upstream of Đula s pit and by doing that an artificial lake Bukovnik was created From the dam down to Đula s pit the river bed is filled with water that is there only once in a while whenever there s heavy rainfall which causes the river to overflow the dam 4 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dobra Kupa a b c Sava River Basin Analysis Report PDF International Sava River Basin Commission September 2009 p 13 Archived from the original PDF 9 98 MB on 2010 07 17 1 Archived 2012 09 20 at the Wayback Machine Rijeka Dobra lipljanski dio www huchen angler com 2012 2 Hydroelectric power plant Lesce www obnovljivi com 2010 3 Jezero Bukovnik The Bukovnik lake www ogulin hr 2012 nbsp This Karlovac County geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a river in Croatia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dobra Kupa amp oldid 1170383707, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
