Črnec Creek is a stream of
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...
. It is a left tributary of the
Ledava
The Ledava (German: Limbach, Hungarian: Lendva) is a river of Styria, Austria and of , Prekmurje, northeastern Slovenia.
The Ledava is the largest river of Goričko and the largest tributary of the Mur in Slovenia. It is in length. It originat ...
near
Čentiba.
It has its source south of
Murska Sobota
Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; german: Olsnitz;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. hu, Muraszombat) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the ...
and flows southeastward. It is joined by Dobel Creek
between
Beltinci
Beltinci (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Böltinci'', hu, Belatinc or ''Belatincz'', ger, (Alt)Fellsdorf) is a town in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Beltinci. Črnec Creek, a tributary of the Leda ...
and
Odranci
Odranci (; hu, Adorjánfalva) is a settlement in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Odranci and also the only settlement in the municipality. Odranci is the largest settlement of the Dolinsko region, which li ...
, flows past the village of Odranci,
and is then joined by Black Creek (''Črni potok'') north of
Kapca. After passing southwest of
Lendava
Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, formerly ''Alsólendva''; german: Lindau, formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municip ...
, it flows parallel to the
Ledava
The Ledava (German: Limbach, Hungarian: Lendva) is a river of Styria, Austria and of , Prekmurje, northeastern Slovenia.
The Ledava is the largest river of Goričko and the largest tributary of the Mur in Slovenia. It is in length. It originat ...
River before emptying into the Ledava southwest of
Čentiba. The stream is about long.
The name ''Črnec'' means 'the black one'. The creek was attested in historical documents in 1244 as ''Cernech'',
and in Hungarian in the 20th century as ''Csernec patak''. Like similar names of streams (e.g., ''Črna'' and ''Črni potok''), the semantic motivation for the name is a creek that flows through a dark soil (i.e., non-gravel) bed or that carries dark, turbid water.
See also
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List of rivers of Slovenia
300px, Map of river systems in Slovenia
This is a list of rivers of Slovenia. There are 59 major rivers in Slovenia, altogether measuring about in length. The total length of all rivers in Slovenia is , which gives a river density of 1,33 ...
References
External links
Črnec Creekat Geopedia
Rivers of Prekmurje
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