The Sora (German: ''Zayer'' or ''Zeier'') is a right affluent of 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 in the western part 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, an ...
. The Sora gathers its waters mainly from the
Škofja Loka Hills. Its source branches are the Poljane Sora ( sl, Poljanska Sora, also ), named after the
Poljane Valley (), and the Selca Sora ( sl, Selška Sora, also ), named after the
Selca Valley (). The Poljane Sora is larger and is in length, while the Selca Sora is in length. They flow together in
Škofja Loka
Škofja Loka (; german: Bischoflack) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants.
Geography
Škofja Loka lies ...
and continue the flow as the Sora for the next until
Medvode, where the Sora joins the Sava. Including the Poljane Sora, the Sora is in length. This makes it the
15th longest river of Slovenia.
The Sora is of
torrential character and often floods. Its average
discharge at the outflow is . Its largest discharge, measured in 1990, was .
References
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* Condition of Sora a
Železnikian
- graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in
Železniki
Železniki (; german: Eisnern''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 66–67.) is a small town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipal ...
and
Suha by
ARSO The Slovenian Environment Agency (Slovenian: ''Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje'' or ''ARSO'') is the main organisation for environment of the Republic of Slovenia. It was established in 2001 with a reorganisation of the ''Hydrometeorological ...
)
Rivers of Upper Carniola
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