On Sunday, in the organization of the Agency for the Development and Protection of Orjen, a group of 50 nature lovers visited several sites that have their own story about water: Kotobiljski spring, Tajno brdo, Austro-Hungarian water-supply system and ultimately Ljuti krs - the biggest attraction of this tour. An educational tour called "Voda u krsu" was organized on the occasion of the World Water Day.
The area of Ljuti krs is extremely rich in various forms of rocks, coves, canals, gutters, and even pits created by chemical decomposition under the influence of precipitation waters. "The water crushed its huge stone blocks by chemical erosion, creating a fascinating micro-relief. Except for a few stones, there are no drops of surface water here, because it directly goes with vertical channels in its unexplored interior. Water in the areas of the karst is therefore even more precious, but also more sensitive to pollution since limestone terrain is far less purified than usual. On the other hand, as much as it is inaccessible to people, the underground is the only habitat for some forms of life, and so is the olm, the most famous living species of cave streams, the kind that probably inhabits our underworld, which is another argument for the need of careful protection of the water in the karst," the agency said.
In the labyrinth of Ljuti krs
At the end of the tour, participants tried local specialties of this region at the Stanovcic family home in the village Kameno, known among others by the oldest rural water-supply system in our hinterland, made even during the Austro-Hungarian administration.
However important it is to recognize the tourist potential of such an unusual karst relief, it is also important to preserve its underground from the pollution, since Orjen is a mountain with the highest amount of precipitation in Europe, deep in its interior, it was stated from the Agency for the development and protection of Orjen.
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Text by Slavica Kosic, on March 25th 2019, read more at Vijesti
