Wikipedia
Krka may refer to:
Places:
- Krka, Ivančna Gorica, a settlement in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia.
Rivers:
- Krka (Croatia), tributary of the Adriatic Sea in Croatia
- Krka (Sava), tributary of the Sava in Slovenia
- Krka (Bosnia), tributary of the Una in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Kerka River (Slovene: Krka), formed by Big Krka (Velika Krka) and Small Krka (Mala Krka), tributary of the Ledava in Hungary
- Gurk River (Slovene: Krka), tributary of the Drava in Austria
Sports
- Krka Basketball Club from Novo Mesto
- Krka Football Club from Novo Mesto
- Krka Handball Club from Novo Mesto
Other:
- Krka National Park in Croatia
- Krka d.d. is also name of the pharmaceutical company in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, named after the Slovene river.
- Krka monastery, a medieval Orthodox monastery in Croatia
- KRKA (FM), a radio station (103.9 FM) licensed to serve Severance, Colorado, United States
- KRKA, former callsign of KHXT, an FM radio station in Erath, Louisiana, USA
The Krka (; , ) is a river in southeastern Slovenia (the traditional region of Lower Carniola), a right tributary of the Sava. With a length of , it is the second longest river flowing in its entirety in Slovenia, following Savinja.
Krka is a river in Croatia's Dalmatia region, noted for its numerous waterfalls. It is long and its basin covers an area of .
Possibly the river called Catarbates (literally "steeply falling") by the ancient Greeks, it was known to the ancient Romans as Titius, Corcoras, or Korkoras.
The river has its source near the border of Croatia with Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the foot of the Dinara mountain. It flows past Knin in Inner Dalmatia towards the south and enters the Prokljansko jezero near Skradin.
The best known sites on the river path are the Visovac Monastery ( Roman Catholic) and the Monastery Krka ( Serbian Orthodox).
Before its outflow the river forms beautiful and well known waterfalls called Skradinski buk, part of Krka National Park. This area is also the location of the first hydroelectric power station using alternate current in Croatia, the Jaruga Hydroelectric Power Plant. This plant started supplying power to the nearby city of Šibenik in 1895.
Krka, d. d., Novo mesto is an international generic pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. In 2015, Krka Group’s total sales amounted to EUR 1,164.6 million. Over the previous five years, average annual sales growth had been 2.9 %. Krka’s was selling products to more than 70 countries. As well as a number of companies and representative offices abroad, Krka also had production and distribution centres in the Russian Federation, Poland, Croatia and Germany. At the end of March 2015, Krka employed 10,564.
KRKA (103.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Severance, Colorado, USA. The station serves the Ft. Collins - Greeley area. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation.