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Lika is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by the Malovan pass. Today most of the territory of Lika ( Gospić, Otočac, Brinje, Donji Lapac, Lovinac, Perušić, Plitvička Jezera, Udbina and Vrhovine) is part of Lika-Senj County. Josipdol, Plaški and Saborsko are part of Karlovac County and Gračac is part of Zadar County.
Major towns include Gospić, Otočac, and Gračac, most of which are located in the karst poljes of the rivers of Lika, Gacka and others. The Plitvice Lakes National Park is also in Lika.
The Lika is a river in Croatia which gives its name to the Lika region. It is long and it has a basin with an area of . Its average discharge at the measurement station in Bilaj (covering 225 km of the basin) is 7.33 m/s, and it can go completely dry.
It is known as a sinking river because at the end of its course, it flows into a series of ponors or swallow-holes and disappears from the surface. The Lika River rises near the village of Kukljić at the foot of the Velebit Mountains, flows in a northwesterly direction past the town of Gospić, enters and leaves Lake Krušćica, and continues to the northwest until it sinks into the karst topography at ponors near Lipovo Polje.
Lika can refer to:
- Lika, a historic region of Croatia
- Lika (river), a river in the eponymous region of Croatia
- Lika, a feminine given name, notable bearers of which include:
- Lika MC, Russian-Lithuanian musician
- Lika Ordzhonikidze, Georgian beauty pageant contestant
- Lika Roman, Ukrainian beauty pageant contestant