Wild Lake ( sl, Divje jezero) is a

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near

Idrija Idrija (, in older sources ''Zgornja Idrija''; german: (Ober)idria, it, Idria) is a town in western Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Idrija. It is located in the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is in the Gorizia Statisti ...

in western

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and a

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of the Vauclusian type. The lake is the source of the Jezernica River, a tributary of the Idrijca and, at long, the shortest river in Slovenia. Water flows from under the ground and through a steeply inclined tunnel, explored to a depth of . The

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occasionally surpasses . However, when the water level is low, there is no outflow from the lake. In 1967, the lake was protected as a

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. In 1972, it was arranged to be the first Slovenian natural museum.

References

External links

Wild Lake - Museum in Nature
Idrija Tourism.

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