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15-646: The Nature Park covers an area of 19,550 hectares and its highest point is Sveti Jure (1762 meters). Due to its relative isolation, the nature park hosts endemic plant species such as the Biokovo bellflower . The Kotisina Botanical Garden is also in the region (located 3 kilometers from Makarska). Part of the Zabiokovlje is in the Biokovo Nature Park. At the end of the Cretaceous era , about 65 million years ago,

30-530: A number of extreme sports ( paragliding , mountain biking , rafting , etc.). In addition to rescue and first aid services to injured casualties in hardly accessible or inaccessible areas, the CMRS pays great attention to education and prevention, i.e. prevention and avoidance of accidents in inaccessible terrains, particularly mountains. Namely, mountain rescue teams are present at all major Croatian ski resorts ( Sljeme , Platak , Bjelolasica ), rock climbing area in

45-427: Is a national, voluntary, professional, humanitarian and non-partisan association working in the public interest . It is dedicated to preventing accidents, and providing rescue and first aid services in mountains and other hardly accessible or inaccessible areas as well as in extraordinary circumstances which require special know-how and equipment for preserving human, material and environmental resources. The CMRS

60-634: Is a non-profit association that performs services of national interest. There are 25 mountain rescue teams across the entire territory of the Republic of Croatia . The CMRS works in close cooperation with state authorities and local and regional self-government units, institutions, the Croatian Armed Forces , health care and social welfare institutions, the Croatian Mountaineering Association and other legal and natural persons from

75-408: Is a typical karstic mountain composed of limestones , dolomites , breccias , and flysch . The mountain has more than 400 identified speleological objects. Notable speleological objects are: Sveti Jure has recently found itself included as a climb in professional road bicycle races. It was visited for the first time on the second stage of the 2017 Tour of Croatia. However, due to bad weather

90-598: Is in the Biokovo Nature Park. To aid hikers, the Biokovo Nature Park Visitor Center is in downtown Makarska. However, Biokovo can be perilous if hiking unprepared - tourists erroneously imagine peaks to be closer than they are and, oblivious to the danger, have been known to go hiking wearing flip-flops, without water, wearing shirts with military camouflage patterns making them harder to spot for search and rescue teams . From 1976 to 2007, 24 hikers have died on Biokovo, while 37 had to be rescued. Biokovo

105-472: Is protected as a nature park with over 1,500 plant and animal species, some of which are endemic . Biokovo also includes the separate ridge and peak Sveti Ilija (Saint Elijah) at 1,642 m or 5,387 ft. Biokovo is one in a line of Dinaric Alps stretching along the Dalmatian coast - northwest of it is Mosor and southeast are Sutvid and Rilić . To the east, the Šibenik runs in parallel. When

120-617: Is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia , located along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea , between the rivers of Cetina and Neretva . It is sometimes referred to as Bijakova , especially among inhabitants of the eastern side of the mountain. Its highest peak is Sveti Jure (Saint George), at 1762 m.a.s.l. It shows a typical karst landscape. Atop the peak there is a powerful FM and DVB-T transmitter. The 196 km of its area

135-644: The African Plate began colliding with the Eurasian Plate . The narrowing of the ocean caused tectonic disturbances, making the horizontal layers of plates crinkle, break, and emerge above the sea surface, forming mountain ranges including the Alps and the Dinarides, which Biokovo belongs to. As a result, the ancient ocean Tethys has largely disappeared; what remains of it is the current Mediterranean Sea . The material in

150-638: The Paklenica National Park , as well as at various extreme sport events, such as mountain bike races, sport climbing competitions and more. In 2014, members of the Croatian Mountain Rescue service took part in the Riesending cave rescue in Bavaria , Germany, one of the largest and most difficult cave rescues in history. HGSS is a member of ICAR (International commission for alpine rescue),

165-496: The field of culture, physical education and sports, tourism, protection of nature and environment as well as transport. It also cooperates closely with public institutions and nature protection bodies responsible for the protection and preservation of nature and environment of mountains. Moreover, the CMRS operates very often in urban and other non-mountainous areas as well, performing jobs that include height, tunnels or pipes, providing assistance in cases of road or sea accidents, and in

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180-685: The lower parts towards the sea and on the opposite Zagorje side is mainly made up of Eocene Flysch sediments, while the higher parts are shaped into carbonate sedimentary rocks. The vegetation in the Biokovo Nature Park is a mixture of the oldest Mediterranean, Boreal, and Central newer floral elements, which include drypis spinosa , moltkia petraea , salvia officinalis , lilium martagon , campanula portenschlagiana , edraianthus pumilio , and pines ( Dalmatian black pine , Aleppo pine ). 43°20′N 17°04′E  /  43.33°N 17.06°E  / 43.33; 17.06 Sveti Jure Biokovo ( pronounced [bîɔkɔʋɔ] )

195-548: The race organisers decided to shorten the stage in accordance with the UCI Extreme weather protocol. The final route was shortened by 15,2 km, moving the finish line down to Vrata Biokova on an altitude of 820 meters. The stage was won by Croatian rider Kristijan Đurasek of the team UAE Team Emirates , outsprinting Jaime Rosón ( Caja Rural–Seguros RGA ) with eventual general classification winner Vincenzo Nibali ( Bahrain-Merida ) finishing third, three seconds down. The climb

210-523: The weather is very clear, from the top of Biokovo it is possible to see Monte Gargano in Italy, which is 252 km (157 mi) away. Zabiokovlje , a mountainous area in Biokovo, includes such townlets and villages as Gornja Brela, Zadvarje , Žeževica , Grabovac, Rastovac, Zagvozd , Župa , Rašćane and Kozica . Major economic activities there were cattle raising, grape growing, and hunting. Part of this area

225-608: Was revisited at the 2018 Tour of Croatia, where it was included as a 28 km long climb serving as summit finish on the third stage, which was dubbed as the queen stage of that year's edition. The stage was won by Belarusian rider Kanstantsin Siutsou riding for Team Bahrain-Merida, after 75 minutes of climbing. Croatian Mountain Rescue Service Croatian Mountain Rescue Service ( Croatian : Hrvatska gorska služba spašavanja, HGSS or GSS )

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