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pleasantly warm summers and an average temperature of up to 22 °C; springs and autumns are rainy, and the winter is long and snowy. The average year-round temperature at the
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Risnjak to be a national park. In 1956 the area of the park was reduced to 30.14 km, of which 21.06 km were put under stricter protection. Finally, in 1997, the Croatian parliament voted to enlarge of the park to its current size. The areas of Snježnik and Kupa
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in the park and the second in Gorski kotar next to
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