Photo: Stefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0Njivice, known locally simply as Jezero, the Lake, is a natural freshwater lake on the island of Krk, a hundred metres or so from the road between Omišalj and Malinska, near the village of Njivice. It is the largest natural freshwater habitat on the island, which makes it precious for the wildlife of Krk and the whole Kvarner.
How it formed
The lake fills a karst hollow whose bottom, at low water, lies below sea level, a cryptodepression. Its depth changes with the water level, and a wide belt of reeds and peat surrounds the open water.
Nature
The lake and its reed belt hold many wetland and freshwater plant communities that are unusual in a karst landscape. Carp, pike, tench, grass carp and silver carp live in it.
Visit
Getting there
Nearest settlement: Njivice
Swimming
No reliable information
Fishing
Prohibited
Tips
The lake lies in a fenced water-protection zone: access, fishing and hunting are not allowed, so it is a place to see from the outside rather than to visit.
Njivice, close by, is the place to stay and swim: it has a seaside promenade of about 1.2 km, the Blue Flag beach of Jadran, the pebble beach of Kijac and quiet coves reached by boat or by old shepherds’ paths along the pine woods.
Nearby lakes
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Sources & data
- Croatian Wikipedia: Njivice (jezero), Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap: Njivice (way 24029065), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Croatia's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake water bodies (SWB, category LW), field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Croatia, 2022
- Wikidata: None (Q108776244), Wikimedia Foundation
- Jezero near Njivice (geocache description), Geocaching.com
- Njivice: what to see, Camino Croatia