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River Ljubljanicasmall mystic river in SloveniaChanging its name, running in underground sometimes but appearing at the surface again and again - river Ljubljanica, as named in the end, is one of the most astonishing little rivers in Europe. One could say that it is living its mystic river life in Slovenia. running in the underworldPlace of birth of this interesting geographic occurrence is a great dolina in Babno Polje, quite near the border to Croatia. Here river Ljubjanica starts its inconvenient way up to the estuary into Save in the end. About 20 of the 41 km run, the river makes itself invisible by "falling" into some so called sip holes and following running in the underworld.So for example just called Obrh it suddenly disappears through that above mentioned kind of funnel, and some distance later appears again at the surface as fresh as a daisy, now called Strzn. River Ljubjanica is effecting this special "joke" several times. Passing the Lake ZirknitzerAlways in most beautiful landscapes of some mystic character. It is passing the periodical recurring Lake Zirknitzer - a special phenomenon of nature too, as the lake may reach a respectable dimension during rainy years, otherwise is nothing but a sort of trickle.From Rak to UnicaFlowing underground a part of the lake comes up again in a quite romantic gap, Rakov Skozian. River Ljubjanica, now "Rak", is gulped again and occurs next in a great cavern near Planina. Now called Unica, disappearing for a last time, - then remaining bravely at surface. And here finally its name is Ljubjanica and the coronation of the adventurous way, half in our world and half beneath is giving its name to the Slovenian capitol.one-of-a-kind and extraordinaryRiver Ljubjanica - mystic, and in some areas once transporting lots of artefacts originated in ancient centuries, one-of-a-kind, extraordinary beautiful. A phenomenon one really should have seen.back from "ljubljanica" page to Ljubljana Overview back from "ljubljanica" page to All Slovenia Holidays |