List of rivers of Slovenia

This is a list of rivers of Slovenia. There are 59 major rivers in Slovenia, altogether measuring about 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) in length.[1] The total length of all rivers in Slovenia is 26,989 kilometres (16,770 mi), which gives a river density of 1,33 km/km2.[2] The territory of Slovenia mainly (16,423 square kilometres or 6,341 square miles, i.e. 81%) belongs to the Black Sea basin, and a smaller part (3,851 square kilometres or 1,487 square miles, i.e. 19%) belongs to the Adriatic Sea basin. These two parts are divided into smaller units in regard to their central rivers, the Mura River basin, the Drava River basin, the Sava River basin with Kolpa River basin, and the basin of the Adriatic rivers.[3]

Map of river systems in Slovenia

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's name.

Draining into the Mediterranean Sea
  • Soča River
    • Nadiža River
      • Jamjak Creek
      • Lerada Creek
      • White Creek (Bela)
    • Vipava River
      • Vrtojbica Creek
      • Lijak Creek
      • Branica Creek
        • Mlac Creek
        • Raša Creek
      • Košivec Creek
      • Skrivšek Creek
      • Jovšček Creek
      • Hubelj River (sl)
      • White Creek (Bela)
    • Idrijca River
      • Bača River
        • Knežica Creek
          • Prošček Creek
        • Bad Creek (Huda grapa)
          • Runža Creek
      • Trebuščica River
        • Hotenja Creek
      • Daberšček Creek
      • Poličanka Creek
      • Beech Creek (Bukovska grapa)
      • Cerknica River
        • Cerenščica Creek
      • Zaganjalčnica Creek
      • Otuška Creek
      • Luknjica Creek
      • Ugly Creek (Grda grapa)
      • Kanomljica Creek
      • Ljubevščica Creek
    • Gadiča Creek
    • Tolminka River
      • Zadlaščica Creek
    • Hotevlje Creek
    • Volarja Creek
    • White Creek (Beli potok)
    • Kokošnjak Creek
    • Ročica Creek
    • Idrija Creek
    • Castle Creek (Trnovo ob Soči) (Potok za gradom)
    • Kozjak Creek
    • Globoščak Creek
    • Učja River
    • Boka Creek
    • Koritnica River
      • Prešnik Creek (Prešnikov graben)
      • Predelica Creek
      • Kaludrica Creek
      • Ilovec Creek
    • Lepenjica Creek
    • Vrsnik Creek
    • Laventnik Creek
  • Reka River
  • Rižana River (sl)
  • Dragonja River

Draining into the Black Sea

Alphabetically
Name Length in Slovenia (km)[4] Total length (km)[4]
Bača 2020
Bolska 3232
Čabranka 17.5[5]
Davščica 1212
Dragonja 3030
Drava 142707
Dravinja 7373
Dreta 2929
Fram Creek 2626
Gradaščica 3333
Hudinja 3232
Idrijca 6060
Iška 3131
Jezernica 0.0550.055[6]
Kamnik Bistrica 3333
Kerka 60
Kobilje Creek 2433[7]
Kokra 3434
Kolpa 118297[8]
Krka 9494
Krupa 2.52.5[9]
Lahinja 3434
Ledava 6876
Ljubljanica 4141
Ložnica 2626
Meža 4243
Mirna 4444
Mislinja 3636
Mura 95438
Nadiža 60[10]
Nevljica
Oplotnica 2828
Paka 4040
Pesnica 6569
Pivka 2727
Poljanska Sora 4343
Polskava 4040
Pšata 2828
Radulja 3333
Reka 5154
Rinža 9.3[11]
Sava 221947
Sava Bohinjka 4141
Sava Dolinka 5555
Savinja 102102
Ščavnica 5656
Selca Sora 3232
Soča 96138
Sora 5252
Sotla 8690
Temenica 2727
Tržič Bistrica 2727
Vipava 4449
Voglajna 3535

See also
  • List of rivers

References
  1. "World Water Day". Statistical Office of Slovenia. 20 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04.
  2. Površinski vodotoki in vodna bilanca Slovenije (obdobje 1961 - 90) [Surface Streams and Water Balance in Slovenia] (PDF) (in Slovenian and English). Hydrometeorological Institute of Slovenia, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. 1998. p. 5.
  3. Vodno bogastvo Slovenije: tekoče vode [Water Wealth of Slovenia: Running Water] (PDF). Slovenian Environment Agency. Retrieved 17 May 2012. p. 27
  4. Rivers, longer than 25 km, and their catchment areas, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  5. Gavazzi, Artur (1905). "Rijeke u Hrvatskoj". Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti (in Croatian). Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts. 161: 111.
  6. Petrič, Metka. "Divje jezero" [Wild Lake]. In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Torkar, Gregor; Golež, Mateja; Podjed, Dan; Drago Kladnik, Drago; Erhartič, Bojan; Pavlin, Primož; Jerele, Ines (eds.). Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  7. Natek, Karel; Natek, Marjeta (1998). Slovenija: Geografska, zgodovinska, pravna, politična, ekonomska in kulturna podoba Slovenije: Priročnik o značilnostih in delovanju države [Slovenia: Geographical, Political, Historical, Legal, and Cultural Image of Slovenia: A Handbook on The Characteristics and Functioning of the Country] (in Slovenian). Mladinska knjiga. p. 46. ISBN 86-11-15348-0.
  8. "Sava River Basin Analysis Report" (PDF, 9.98 MB). International Sava River Basin Commission. September 2009. p. 13. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  9. "Krupa". Www.zrvns.si. Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  10. "Nadiza River". Www.slovenia.info. Slovenian Tourist Board. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  11. Javornik, Marjan; Voglar, Dušan; Dermastia, Alenka, eds. (1996). "Rinža". Enciklopedija Slovenije [Encyclopedia of Slovenia]. p. 238. ISBN 9788611147925.
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