The Sava Bohinjka is a headwater of the

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River in northwestern

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. At in length, it is the shorter of the two headwaters that become the Sava River in the town of

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, the other being the -long

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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 () 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
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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

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. It flows from Lake Bohinj as the Sava Bohinjka through Bohinjska Bistrica, Bohinjska Bela, and close to Lake Bled, before meeting the Sava Dolinka near Radovljica.

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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 by ARSO) Rivers of Upper Carniola Rivers of the Julian Alps Municipality of Bohinj Municipality of Bled Municipality of Radovljica {{Slovenia-river-stub