Oplotniščica
Sign in to saveThe Oplotniščica (or Oplotnica) is a 28 km river in northeastern Slovenia. Rising on the southern flank of the Pohorje massif near the winter sports centre of Rogla, it flows southeast through the settlements of Osankarica, Oplotnica, and Tepanje before joining the Dravinja just northwest of Žiče. Despite draining a catchment of barely 52 km2, the watercourse once powered dozens of sawmills and grain mills, and it continues to host a string of small (< 1.4 MW) hydroelectric plants.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Oplotniščica is referenced by 98 other articles, and connects out to hydroelectricity, Slovenia and Vienna.
The entry is geolocated on the map in river, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Rivers of Styria (Slovenia), Tributaries of the Drava and Use Oxford spelling from April 2025.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- geographical feature
- Country
- Slovenia
- Image
- Oplotniški vintgar01.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Catchment and hydrology
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The Oplotniščica (or Oplotnica) is a 28 km river in northeastern Slovenia. Rising on the southern flank of the Pohorje massif near the winter sports centre of Rogla, it flows southeast through the settlements of Osankarica, Oplotnica, and Tepanje before joining the Dravinja just northwest of Žiče. Despite draining a catchment of barely 52 km2, the watercourse once powered dozens of sawmills and grain mills, and it continues to host a string of small (3 s−1.
==Catchment and hydrology==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oplotniščica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations