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The paper presents the method and results of an assessment and delineation of the catchment area of the karstic spring “Perućac,” which is the main drainage area of Tara Mt. in western Serbia. It is the northeastern, inner zone of the classic Dinaric karst characterized by a dominant extension of highly karstified Triassic limestones, a poorly developed hydrographic network with many ponors, and dense forests. Tara Mt. is one of five national parks in Serbia. The goal of the project was to identify a high-priority protection zone within the preserved natural area. Based on data on the discharge regime of the Perućac Spring, and by applying the multiple nonlinear correlation method, the size of the direct catchment area was assumed to be 79.3 km2, which was 5–18 % larger than that estimated by previous surveys.
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Ristic Vakanjac, V., Stevanovic, Z., Aleksandra, M., Vakanjac, B., Marina, C.I. (2015). An Example of Karst Catchment Delineation for Prioritizing the Protection of an Intact Natural Area. In: Andreo, B., Carrasco, F., Durán, J., Jiménez, P., LaMoreaux, J. (eds) Hydrogeological and Environmental Investigations in Karst Systems. Environmental Earth Sciences, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17435-3_44
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