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The Sava Bohinjka is a headwater of the Sava River in northwestern Slovenia. At in length, it is the shorter of the two headwaters that become the Sava River in Radovljica, the other being the -long Sava Dolinka.


Course

The Sava Bohinjka originates under the Komarča Crag at an elevation of , from springs fed by the Triglav Lakes Valley. Until it reaches Lake Bohinj, the river is known as the Savica ('little Sava'), and features the -high
Savica Falls Savica Falls is a waterfall in northwestern Slovenia. It is high and is fed by a karst spring also called Savica just above the waterfall. A large portion of water is sourced from a karst basin around Black Lake, which lies around higher a ...
( sl, slap Savica) at its source.Baedeker, Karl (1879) "Terglou: The Valley of the Wocheiner Save" ''The Eastern Alps: Including the Bavarian Highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia'' (4th ed.) Dulau and Co., London
p. 353
It then flows through the Ukanc Gorge, where the 3 MW Savica power plant is located, before flowing into Lake Bohinj, where it creates a small delta. It flows from Lake Bohinj as the Sava Bohinjka through Bohinjska Bistrica,
Bohinjska Bela Bohinjska Bela () is a village in the Municipality of Bled in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Geography Bohinjska Bela lies on the left bank of the Sava Bohinjka River, southwest of Bled. The oldest part of the settlement, locally known a ...
, and close to
Lake Bled Lake Bled ( sl, Blejsko jezero; german: Bleder See, Veldeser See) is a lake in the Julian Alps of the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a tourist destination. The lake is from Ljublj ...
, before meeting the Sava Dolinka near Radovljica.


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* * Condition of Sava Bohinjka a
Sveti Janez
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- graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken at Sveti Janez and
Bodešče Bodešče () is a village on the left bank of the Sava Bohinjka River in the Municipality of Bled in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Name Bodešče was attested in written sources as ''Podesich'' in 1185, ''Fodesich'' in 1253, ''Vodaschize ...
by ARSO) Rivers of Upper Carniola Rivers of the Julian Alps Municipality of Bohinj Municipality of Bled Municipality of Radovljica {{Slovenia-river-stub