The Rak is a stream in

Inner Carniola Inner Carniola ( sl, Notranjska; german: Innerkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (th ...

, a traditional region of southeastern

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 sources in Zelše Caves () west of the village of Zelše, flows across the

Rak Škocjan Rak Škocjan ( sl, Rakov Škocjan; ) is a valley and a landscape park, part of Inner Carniola Regional Park in southwestern Slovenia. Administratively, it belongs to the settlement of Rakov Škocjan. Rak Škocjan has been protected since 1949 ...

karst valley for and enters Weaver's Cave ( sl, Tkalca jama), where it continues for and merges in

Planina Cave Planina Cave ( sl, Planinska jama), formerly also Little Castle Cave () after Little Castle in the vicinity of its entrance, is one of the longest Slovenian active caves. It is a huge tunnel and the subterranean bed of the Unica River. It is loc ...

(), about from its entrance, with the

Pivka Pivka (, german: St. Peter in Krain, it, San Pietro del Carso) is a small town in Slovenia in the Pivka Basin in the Karst region. It is the seat of the Municipality of Pivka. It belongs to the traditional region of Inner Carniola. Name Pivka ...

River to form the Unica. The confluence of the Rak and the Pivka is one of the largest subterranean confluences in Europe.

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