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Ljubljanica
Sign in to saveThe 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.
Key facts
- River.name
- Ljubljanica
- River.image
- Ljubljanica 01.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Ljubljanica in Ljubljana
- River.source1_location
- Retovje, Ljubija, Bistra
- River.mouth_location
- Podgrad
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Slovenia
- River.length_km
- 41
- River.length_ref
- (including Little Ljubljanica)
- River.discharge1_avg
- (at the source near Vrhnika), 55 m3/s (at the outflow in Moste)
- River.basin_size_km2
- 1860
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Ljubljana City Municipality
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- Ljubljanica 3.JPG
- Length
- 85
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- Commons category
- Ljubljanica
- mouth of the watercourse
- Sava
- topic's main category
- Category:Ljubljanica
- watershed area
- 1890
- discharge
- 25
- tributary
- Unica
- basin country
- Slovenia
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- located in/on physical feature
- Ljubljana Basin
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Archaeological significance
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ljubljanica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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