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Revision as of 09:55, 12 September 2009
| Lake Bohinj | |
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| Location | Bohinj municipality, Triglav National Park |
| Coordinates | 46°16′N 13°48′E / 46.267°N 13.800°E |
| Primary inflows | Savica River |
| Primary outflows | Sava Bohinjka |
| Catchment area | 107 |
| Basin countries | Slovenia |
| Max. length | 4.350 |
| Max. width | 1 |
| Surface area | 3.3 |
| Average depth | 30 |
| Max. depth | 45 |
| Water volume | 99,700,000 |
| Residence time | 0.3 to 0.5 years [1] |
| Surface elevation | 526 |
| References | [1] |
Lake Bohinj (Slovene: Bohinjsko jezero) is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia.[2] Lake Bohinj is located in the Bohinj municipality in the north-west of the country, and is inside Triglav National Park.
Lake Bohinj is 4.2 km long and 1 km at its maximum width.[3] It is a glacial lake dammed by a moraine.
The largest of the streams that flow into the lake, the Savica River ("little Sava"),[4] is fed from Črno jezero (Black Lake), the largest lake in the Triglav Lakes Valley.
The outflow is the Jezernica which merges with the Mostnica to form the Sava Bohinjka (which in turn merges with Sava Dolinka to become the Sava).
The area is associated[clarification needed] with the legendary "Zlatorog", a white chamois with golden horns. A statue of the creature stands beside the lake.
Bohinj lake is the largest pemanent and nature made lake in Slovenia. It is 4350 m long (longest diagonal), wide 1250 (N-S) m and the deepest part of the lake is 45 m. Lenght of the lake's coastline is 10.900 m. The lake was made by a glaicer. The main feeder of the lake is Savica. Along the northern part of the lake are several underwater springs - the most know is the karst spring Govic. Located in a glacial hollow, the lake comprises over 100 million cubic metres of water and according to a traditional jest - no more than a bucket if it is large enough. 65 algae species, 8 mollusc species and 5 fish species live in the lake. The main tributary is the Savica that springs at the waterfall under the rock wall of Komarča. Lake water that flows in from numerous other sources is restored three times per year. Water level rises 2 - 3 m at heavy rainfall. In summer, the temperature of the water rises to 22 -24°C; in winter, Bohinj Lake often freezes.
Lake Bohinj offers a wealth of activities on the water, from swimming and fishing, to boating, kayaking and canoeing.
Notes
- ^ a b Lake Bohinj in Template:PDF , page 43
- ^ Lake Cerknica, an intermittent lake, is larger than Lake Bohinj during its flood seasons, but disappears entirely during dry seasons.
- ^ Royal Geographical Society (1856) "Wocheiner-See" A Gazetteer of the World: or, Dictionary of geographical knowledge, compiled from the most recent authorities, and forming a complete body of modern geography -- physical, political, statistical, historical, and ethnographical A. Fullarton, Edinburgh, Scotland, p. 529, OCLC 20348227; note that Lake Bohinj was formerly known in English by its Austrian name of the Wocheiner See, or sometimes Lake Wocheiner
- ^ 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, p. 353, OCLC 4018143
External links
- Lake Bahinj web cam
Media related to Lake Bohinj at Wikimedia Commons- Bohinj Tourist Office - http://www.bohinj-info.com/en/info_center
- Bohinj Online - http://www.bohinj.si/
- Online reservations of Bohinj apartments & Bohinj hotels - http://www.mountvacation.com/
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