Open AccessOsnovna prirodno-geografska obilježja otoka Premude u zadarskom arhipelagu
Author(s) -
Damir Magaš,
Josip Faričić,
Maša Surić
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
geoadria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1848-9710
pISSN - 1331-2294
DOI - 10.15291/geoadria.151
Subject(s) - archipelago , croatian , geography , population , natural (archaeology) , physical geography , vegetation (pathology) , precipitation , forestry , archaeology , demography , meteorology , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , sociology
The island of Premuda (8.61 km2) is located on the SW part of the Zadar archipelago andmakes part of the South Croatia’s (Dalmatian) group of islands. The paper treats the properties of its natural basis and is related to the geographical project on small Croatian islands. It examines the position of the island, its size and extent, geomorpholo-gy, geologicalcomposition and structure, climatovegetable characteristics, pedological and biogeographicalfeatures and waters. A special emphasis is put on the importance of its carbonate structure,favourable climatic conditions (precipitation, temperatures, winds, etc.), lack of water andimportance of its autochthonous vegetation. Particular attention is paid to the properties of thesea arround the island (physical, chemical and biological parametres). Population number andvaluation of the island depended on its physicogeographical potential, and the recentpossibilities of its development are based on it too. The paper contains ample literature of texts published up to the present and some never published connected with the island, which (from geographical point of view) has not been specilally treated so far.