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Ljubljanica
The Ljubljanica (), known in the Middle Ages as the ''Leybach'', is a river in the southern part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, lies on the river. The Ljubljanica rises south of the town of Vrhnika and flows into the Sava River about downstream from Ljubljana. Its largest affluent is the Mali Graben Canal. Including its source affluent the Little Ljubljanica (), the river is in length. The Little Ljubljanica joins the Big Ljubljanica () after and the river continues its course as the Ljubljanica. The Ljubljanica is the continuation of several karst rivers that flow from the Prezid Karst Field () to Vrhnika on the surface and underground in caves, and so the river is poetically said to have seven names (six name changes): Trbuhovica, Obrh, Stržen, Rak, Pivka, Unica, and Ljubljanica. Archaeological significance The Ljubljanica has become a popular site for archaeologists and treasure hunters to dive for lost relics and artif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana
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Ljubljanica Sluice Gate
The Ljubljanica Sluice Gate (), or the Partition (), is a sluice gate and a triumphal arch on the Ljubljanica River in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is located between Cukrarna (a former sugar factory) and Vraz Square () in the Center District, east of the Ljubljana old town, a bit downstream of Ambrož Square (). It was designed in 1939 by the Slovene architect Jože Plečnik, who envisaged it as a monumental farewell to the Ljubljanica River on its exit from the Ljubljana city centre. It was planned to be used as a footbridge as well. The sluice gate was built with difficulty from 1940 until 1943 by the constructor Matko Curk. Since July 2009, it has been protected as a monument of national significance, along with other major works by Plečnik. Since August 2021, the Ljubljanica Sluice Gate has been inscribed as part of Plečnik's legacy on the UNESCO World Heritage List. References External links * Bridges in Ljubljana Bridges completed in 1943 Jože Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrhnika
Vrhnika (; ;''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120. ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Vrhnika. It is located on the Ljubljanica River, 21 km from Ljubljana along the A1 motorway. Geography Vrhnika lies at the southwest end of the Ljubljana Marsh near the sources of the Ljubljanica River, where the Ljubljana Basin opens up between the foot of Ljubljana Peak (, ) and Ulovka Hill (). Močilnik Springs is located south of the settlement; together with nearby Retovje Springs, water flows mainly from the subterranean streams of the Unica to produce the Little Ljubljanica River () and Big Ljubljanica River (), which in turn join to create the Ljubljanica River. The territory of the town extends south onto the Logatec Plateau (), where the Big and Little Drnovica Collapse Sinkholes () are found. Name The settlement at the location of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podgrad, Ljubljana
Podgrad () is a settlement east of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Ljubljana. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Geography Podgrad lies on the right bank of the Ljubljanica River at the entrance into the Besnica Valley. The Ljubljanica flows into the Sava immediately northeast of the settlement core. The railway line from Ljubljana to Zidani Most runs through the settlement. Name The name ''Podgrad'' (literally, 'below the castle') is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost its case inflection. It refers to the village's location below Osterberg Castle ( or ''Ostri vrh''),''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 107. the ruins of which are located on Castle Hill () west of Besnica Creek.Savnik, Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava
The Sava, is a river in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. From its source in Slovenia it flows through Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally reaches Serbia, feeding into the Danube in its capital, Belgrade. The Sava is long, including the Sava Dolinka headwater rising in Zelenci, Slovenia. It is the largest List of tributaries of the Danube, tributary of the Danube by volume of water, and the second-largest after the Tisza in terms of catchment area () and length. It drains a significant portion of the Dinaric Alps region, through the major tributaries of Drina, Bosna (river), Bosna, Kupa, Una (Sava), Una, Vrbas (river), Vrbas, Lonja, Kolubara, Bosut (river), Bosut and Krka (Sava), Krka. The Sava is one of the longest rivers in Europe and among the longest tributaries of another river. The population in the Sava River basin is estimated at 8,176,000, and is shared by three capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mali Graben
Mali Graben () is a creek and a natural branch of the Gradaščica River in southwest Ljubljana. It flows south of and parallel to the Gradaščica and is the largest affluent of the Ljubljanica River. It is also known as ''Stržen'' (literally, ' thalweg')"Kruta prepoved." 1919. ''Jugoslavija'' 2(209) (30 August): 4.Beg, Ante. 1940. Črtice o bivši občini Vič. ''Kronika slovenskih mest'' 7(1): 26–31, p. 28. and ''Mala voda'' ('Little Creek').Melik, Anton. 1929/39. Razvoj Ljubljane. ''Geografski vestnik'' 5/6(1–4): 93–137, p. 99. The creek is a natural channel. It splits from the Gradaščica not far from Bokalce Castle, then flows across the southern part of the Murgle residential district and joins the Ljubljanica from the left side near the Gruber Canal. Most of the water from the Gradaščica is diverted into Mali Graben, helping to alleviate flooding of the Trnovo District The Trnovo District (), or simply Trnovo, is a district (Slovenia), district () of the Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubija (Ljubljanica)
Ljubija may refer to: * Ljubija (town), a small town in the municipality of Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina * Ljubija (Ljubljanica), a source affluent of the Ljubljanica, a river in Slovenia. *Ljubljanica The Ljubljanica (), known in the Middle Ages as the ''Leybach'', is a river in the southern part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, lies on the river. The Ljubljanica rises south of the town of Vrhnika and ..., a river in Slovenia, known in the Middle Ages as Ljubija. * Ljubija, Mozirje, a settlement in the Municipality of Mozirje, Slovenia. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unica (river)
The Unica is a river in Slovenia. It starts as the underground confluence of the Pivka and the Rak in Planinska jama. This is the largest confluence of underground rivers in Europe. further, the Unica emerges near Planina. It flows north through the Planina Karst Field (''Planinsko Polje'') through the municipalities of Postojna, Cerknica, and Logatec, where it returns underground.http://www.geopedia.si/Geopedia_en.html#T1193_F5567:10114012_x442141.871_y81796.85149999999_s14_b4 Geopedia.si It then flows for about another underground, emerging lowerhttp://www.burger.si/Cerknica/PlaninskoPolje/uvod_eng.htm Planinsko polje at multiple springs near Vrhnika to form the Ljubljanica The Ljubljanica (), known in the Middle Ages as the ''Leybach'', is a river in the southern part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, lies on the river. The Ljubljanica rises south of the town of Vrhnika and ... River. References External linksPlaninsko polj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pivka (river)
The Pivka is a karst lost river in Slovenia. The river is in length. The Pivka ends in Planina Cave, where it merges with the Rak River and then the Unica River. The confluence of the Pivka and the Rak is one of the largest subterranean confluences in Europe. Rising in limestone country south of Prestranek, it forms part of the classic Dinaric karst system and ultimately feeds the Ljubljanica—and thus the Black Sea basin—after disappearing underground in Postojnska jama. The Pivka created Postojna Cave, the longest cave system in Slovenia as well as one of its top tourism sites. Course and hydrology From springs at the contact between Eocene and Palaeocene limestones near Zagorje, the Pivka meanders through the Pivka Basin, encircled by the karst plateaux of Nanos and Hrušica to the north, the Javorniki and Snežnik massifs to the east and south, and the Tabor range with the Slavenski ravnik to the west. South of Prestranek the valley floor is cut into permea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obrh (creek)
Obrh Creek () is a losing stream that originates and terminates in the Lož Karst Field in the Municipality of Loška Dolina. It is a watercourse in the Ljubljanica watershed. It is created by the confluence of Little Obrh Creek () and Big Obrh Creek (); the latter is fed by two tributaries: Brežiček Creek and Viševek Brežiček Creek (). The confluence, at which point it is simply named ''Obrh'', lies west of the village of Pudob. In the northwest, limestone part of the karst field, Obrh Creek starts to drain into many sinkhole A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water ...s, and higher water flows into Golobina Cave. The stream re-emerges at the spring of the Stržen River to the northwest on the southeast edge of the Cerknica Karst Field. Name The name ''Obrh'' com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamnik Bistrica
The Kamnik Bistrica (, ) is an Alpine river in northern Slovenia, a left tributary of the Sava River. It springs from the Kamnik Alps (part of the Southern Limestone Alps) near the border with Austria. It is long. The Kamnik Bistrica flows through the town of Kamnik, where it is fed by the Nevljica River. It flows into the Sava south of Videm, about 10 km east of Ljubljana. Course and catchment geology The Kamnik Bistrica rises from a karst spring at about 630 m above sea level on the southern flank of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps and follows a steep, 32.8 km course southeast to join the Sava near Domžale. Draining roughly 380 km2 of mostly forested limestone and dolomite highlands, the river begins as an ice-cold, crystal-clear alpine stream but gathers both flow and sediment as it descends through a succession of narrow glacial valleys, gravelly floodplains, and finally lowland terraces of Pleistocene and Holocene age. Its principal tributaries are the left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rak (river)
The Rak is a stream in Inner Carniola, a traditional region of southeastern Slovenia. It sources in Zelše Caves () west of the village of Zelše, flows across the Rak Škocjan karst valley for and enters Weaver's Cave (), where it continues for and merges in Planina Cave (), about from its entrance, with the Pivka (river), Pivka River to form the Unica (river), Unica. The confluence of the Rak and the Pivka is one of the largest subterranean confluences in Europe. Description Rising from the karst springs of the Zelše Caves, the Rak at once enters the collapsed valley of Rak Škocjan, a UNESCO-recognised karst window noted for its two natural limestone bridges. After meandering for barely 2 km, the stream plunges underground at Weaver Cave, then runs a further 3 km through flooded galleries to merge with the sinking Pivka (river), Pivka River inside Planina Cave. That subterranean confluence—one of Europe's largest—creates the Unica (river), Unica River and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
