- Jadro River
The Jadro River is a
watercourse inDalmatia ,Croatia that discharges to theAdriatic Sea . The upper reaches of the Jadro River as well as its source are protected as anichthyological nature reserve , partly due to the presence of an endemicspecies of soft-mouthed bass. [ [http://www.dalmatia.hr/CentralDalmatia/Naturalbeauties/tabid/2233/Default.aspx Jadro River, Dalmatia] ] The headwaters of the Jadro River were the originalwater supply for theancient city comprised byDiocletian's Palace (now an area within the present day city ofSplit ). [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17691 C.Michael Hogan, "Diocletian's Palace", The Megalithic Portal, A. Burnham ed, Oct 6, 2007] ] Contemporary studies indicate favourablewater quality levels of the river near theheadwaters atJadro Spring . [ [http://www.springerlink.com/content/337131806h5t3n47/ Nives Štambuk-Giljanović, "The Pollution Load by Nitrogen and Phosphorus In the Jadro River", Springer Netherlands, ISSN 0167-6369 (Print) 1573-2959 (Online), Volume 123, Numbers 1-3 / December, 2006] ]The Jadro flows through the town of Solin and has a length of approximately four kilometres' moreover, the river provides water to the cities of
Split ,Kaštela andTrogir . People from Solin also call it Solinska rika.
"Salmothymus obtusirostris salonitana " is an endemictrout species living in this river, which is currentlyendangered by theRainbow trout .ee also
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