Paklenica

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Paklenica National Park
Native name Croatian: Nacionalni park Paklenica
Velika Paklenica
Location	Zadar County,  Croatia
Coordinates	44°22′N 15°26′E / 44.367°N 15.433°E / 44.367; 15.433
Area	95 km2
Governing body	Paklenica National Park
Protected Natural Value of Croatia
Official name	Nacionalni park Paklenica
Location of Paklenica National Park in Croatia

The Paklenica karst river canyon is a national park in Croatia. It is near Starigrad, northern Dalmatia, on the southern slopes of Velebit mountain, not far from Zadar. It contains two canyons, Mala (Small) and Velika (Big) Paklenica. Today there is no water flowing through Mala Paklenica. Near the entrance to the Velika Paklenica is an artificial tunnel complex built for Josip Broz Tito during the tension between Yugoslavia and the USSR in the late 1940s and early 1950s.