Krčić waterfall, 22-meter waterfall near Knin, Croatia

Krčić waterfall is a 22-meter drop over a limestone cliff where the Krčić River ends its flow. Below the cascade, the Krka River emerges from a cave opening, creating a natural transition between two river systems at this location.

The Krčić was dammed and mined, a chamber was cut into its travertine barrier, and a hydroelectric plant was built, reducing the fall to an intermittent cascade above the source of the Krka. A dirt road linking Knin with Kijevo, built just over 200 years ago, runs past the river. A fort once stood on the hill left of the fall to defend a bridge.

The falls are also called Veliki buk and Topoljski buk, and a legend ties them to a fortress that once stood on the hill to the left, guarding a bridge. People say the bridge will be rebuilt only when the Krčić never dries up again and people stop waging war on each other.

The waterfall lies 3.5 km northeast of Knin, by the village of Kovačić. A macadam road built just over 200 years ago links Knin with Kijev and passes right by the Krčić. The fall is intermittent, so time your visit when the Krčić carries water from the Dinara.

Here you can witness a rare natural event where one river ends in a cascade while another river springs from a cave directly below. This meeting of water ending and water beginning creates an unusual connection of two rivers in one spot.