Soča

Also known as Isonzo, Soca

The Soča (, in Slovene) or Isonzo (, in Italian; other names: ; ; or '''') is a long river that flows through western Slovenia () and northeastern Italy ().

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The Soča is a river that flows through western Slovenia and northeastern Italy. It is significant as a major waterway connecting these two regions of southeastern Europe.

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Key facts

River.name: Soča/Isonzo
River.image: Soca 4.jpg
River.image_caption: The Soča near Bovec
River.image_size: 250px
River.source1_location: Julian Alps, west of Triglav
River.mouth_location: Adriatic Sea, near Monfalcone
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Slovenia, Italy
River.mapframe: yes
River.mapframe zoom: 7
River.mapframe point: none

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Name
Major changes in the watershed
Attractions
Significance in World War I
See also
References
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The Soča (, in Slovene) or Isonzo (, in Italian; other names: ; ; or '') is a long river that flows through western Slovenia () and northeastern Italy ().

An Alpine river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, at an elevation of . The river runs past the towns of Bovec, Kobarid, Tolmin, Kanal ob Soči, Nova Gorica (where it is crossed by the Solkan Bridge), and Gorizia, entering the Adriatic Sea close to the town of Monfalcone. It has a nival-pluvial regime in its upper course and pluvial-nival in its lower course.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Soča” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.