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300px, Map of river systems in Slovenia This is a list of rivers of Slovenia. There are 59 major
river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...
s in
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 ...
, altogether measuring about in length. The total length of all rivers in Slovenia is , which gives a river density of 1,33 km/km2. The territory of Slovenia mainly (, i.e. 81%) belongs to the
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basin, and a smaller part (, i.e. 19%) belongs to the
Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to th ...
basin. These two parts are divided into smaller units in regard to their central rivers, the Mura River basin, the
Drava The Drava or Drave''Utrata Fachwörterbuch ...
River basin, the
Sava The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
River basin with
Kolpa The Kupa () or Kolpa ( or ; from la, Colapis in Roman times; hu, Kulpa) river, a right tributary of the Sava, forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia. It is long, with its border part having a length of and th ...
River basin, and the basin of the Adriatic rivers. p. 27


By drainage basin

This list is arranged by
drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's name.


Draining into the Mediterranean Sea

* Soča River ** Nadiža River *** Jamjak Creek *** Lerada Creek *** White Creek (''Bela'') ** Vipava River *** Vrtojbica Creek *** Lijak Creek *** Branica Creek **** Mlac Creek **** Raša Creek *** Košivec Creek *** Skrivšek Creek *** Jovšček Creek *** Hubelj River ( sl) *** White Creek (''Bela'') ** Idrijca River *** Bača River **** Knežica Creek ***** Prošček Creek **** Bad Creek (''Huda grapa'') ***** Runža Creek *** Trebuščica River **** Hotenja Creek *** Daberšček Creek *** Poličanka Creek *** Beech Creek (''Bukovska grapa'') *** Cerknica River **** Cerenščica Creek *** Zaganjalčnica Creek *** Otuška Creek *** Luknjica Creek *** Ugly Creek (''Grda grapa'') *** Kanomljica Creek *** Ljubevščica Creek ** Gadiča Creek ** Tolminka River *** Zadlaščica Creek ** Hotevlje Creek ** Volarja Creek ** White Creek (''Beli potok'') ** Kokošnjak Creek ** Ročica Creek *** Korito Creek ** Idrija Creek ** Castle Creek (Trnovo ob Soči) (''Potok za gradom'') ** Kozjak Creek ** Globoščak Creek ** Učja River ** Boka Creek ** Koritnica River *** Prešnik Creek (''Prešnikov graben'') *** Predelica Creek *** Kaludrica Creek *** Ilovec Creek ** Lepenjica Creek ** Vrsnik Creek ** Laventnik Creek *
Reka River The Reka (literally, 'river' in Slovene), also the Inner Carniola Reka ( sl, Notranjska Reka), is a river that starts as Big Creek ( hr, Vela voda) in Croatia, on the southern side of Mount Snežnik, and flows through western Slovenia, where it ...
* Rižana River ( sl) * Dragonja River


Draining into the Black Sea

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Sava River The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
** Kolpa River *** Lahinja River ****
Krupa River The Krupa ( sr-cyrl, Крупа) river is a left tributary of the river Neretva and the main water current of Hutovo Blato, which leads the waters from Gornje Blato and Svitavsko Lake into the Neretva river near Dračevo. The length of Krupa is ...
**** Dobličica Creek *** Čabranka River ** Sotla River ** Krka River *** Radulja River *** Temenica River ** Mirna River ** Savinja River *** Voglajna River **** Hudinja River *** Ložnica River *** Bolska River *** Paka River *** Dreta River *** Rečica Creek *** Gračnica Creek ( sl) *** Ljubnica Creek *** Dupljenik Creek *** White Creek (''Bela'') *** Klobača Creek *** Jurčef Creek *** Suhelj Creek *** Lašek Creek *** Sour Creek (''Kisla voda'') *** Black Creek ('' Črna'') *** Jezera Creek ** Koritnik Creek ('' Koritnikov graben'') ** Boben Creek ( sl) *** Brnica Creek ** Ribnik Creek ( sl) ** Trboveljščica Creek ( sl) *** Bevščica Creek ( sl) ** Šklendrovec Creek ( sl) ** Medija Creek ( sl) ** Šumnik Creek ( sl) ** Pasjek Creek ( sl) ** Mošenik Creek ( sl) ** Log Creek ('' Loški potok'') ** Sava Creek ('' Savski potok'') ** Konj Creek ('' Konjski potok'') ** Maljek Creek ( sl) ** Reka Creek ( sl) ***
Jablanica Creek Jablanica ( sr-cyr, Јабланица) is a common South Slavic toponym, derived from ''jablan'', "Lombardy poplar", literally meaning "place of lombardy poplar". It may refer to: Albania * Jablanica Mountain, in eastern Albania and the west of ...
('' Jablaniški potok'') *** Black Creek (''Crni potok'') *** Rakovnik Creek ** Beden Creek ('' Bedenov graben'') *** Horse Creek ('' Konjski potok'') *** Deer Creek (''Jelenji potok'') ** Berečan Creek ('' Berečanov graben'') ** Drnik Creek ( sl) ** Prihudnik Creek ( sl) ** Potok Creek ('' Potoški graben'') ** Loki Creek ('' Loki potok'') ** Presenec Creek ('' Presenčev potok'') ** Dešen Creek ('' Dešenski graben'') ** Janček Creek ('' Jančkov graben'') ** Lovše Creek ('' Lovšetov potok'') ** Cvar Creek ('' Cvarjev potok'') ** Zalog Creek ('' Zaloški potok'') ** Krmelj Creek ('' Krmeljev graben'') ** Jevnica Creek ( sl) ** Slapnica Creek ( sl) ** Grabnar Creek ('' Grabnarjev graben'') ** Ježe Creek (''Ježetov graben'') ** Mlinščica River ( sl) ** Lučna Creek ( sl) ** Gostinca Creek *** Gobnik Creek *** Lutnik Creek ( sl) *** Ovčjak Creek ( sl) *** Long Creek (''Dolgi potok'') ** Ljubljanica River *** Besnica Creek **** Aslivka Creek *** Šivnik River *** Gobovšček River *** Hrušica Creek (''Hruševski potok'') *** Mejaš River *** Gradaščica River **** Glinščica Creek ***** Pržanec Creek **** Šujica Creek **** Horjulščica River **** Hruševnik Creek **** Belca Creek ***** Šujica Creek **** Prosca Creek **** Little Creek (''Mala voda'') **** Božna River ***** Big Božna Creek (''Velika Božna'') ***** Little Božna Creek (''Mala Božna'') *** Ižica Creek *** Iška Creek *** Borovniščica Creek *** Bistra Creek ** Kamnik Bistrica River *** Studenčica Creek *** Pšata River **** Gobovček Creek **** Tunjščica Creek **** Reka Creek *** Mlinčica Creek *** Rača River **** Rovščica Creek **** Radomlja Creek *** Pšata Canal (''Kanal Pšata'') *** Krajčjek Creek *** Nevljica River **** Oševek Creek **** Porebrščica Creek *** Stranje Creek (''Stranjski potok'') *** Black Creek (''Črna'') *** Bistričica Creek *** Horse Creek (''Konjski potok'') *** Korošica Creek **
Sora River The Sora (German: ''Zayer'' or ''Zeier'') is a right affluent of the Sava River in the western part of Slovenia. The Sora gathers its waters mainly from the Škofja Loka Hills. Its source branches are the Poljane Sora ( sl, Poljanska Sora, also ...
*** Poljanščica River **** Sovpat Creek **** Brebovščica Creek ***** Dršak Creek *** Selščica River **** Jablenovica Creek **** Drbovnik Creek **** Selnica Creek **** Studeno Creek (''Studenska grapa'') **** Lower Smoleva Creek (''Prednja Smoleva'') **** Plenšak Creek **** Upper Smoleva Creek (''Zadnja Smoleva'') **** Davča Creek **** Pruhavca Creek **** Pometpoh Creek **** Black Creek (''Črni potok'') **** Štajnpoh Creek **** Upper Sora Creek (''Zadnja Sora'') ** Kokra River ** Tržič Bistrica River ** Sava Bohinjka River ** Sava Dolinka River * Drava River ** Pesnica River ** Dravinja River *** Oplotniščica River *** Polskava River **** Fram Creek (''Framski potok'') ** Meža River *** Mislinja River **** Selčnica Creek **** Globoščica Creek **** Lakužnica Creek *
Mura River The Mur () or Mura (; ; ; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Müra''Novak, Vilko. 2006. ''Slovar stare knjižne prekmurščine''. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, pp. 262, 269. or ''Möra'') is a river in Central Europe rising in the Hohe Tauern national park of th ...
** Ledava River *** Kerka River (''Krka'') **** Big Krka River (''Velika Krka'') **** Little Krka River (''Mala Krka'') *** Ajaš Creek *** Črnec Creek *** Kobilje Creek ** Ščavnica River


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See also

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List of rivers This is a comprehensive list of lists of rivers, organized primarily by continent and country. General lists * List of drainage basins by area (including rivers, lakes, and endorheic basins) * List of largest unfragmented rivers * List of lo ...


References

{{List of rivers of Europe
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Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...