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Obrh Creek
Washing clothes in Obrh Creek in 1962
Location
Country	Slovenia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Little Obrh Creek (Slovene: Mali Obrh)
• coordinates	45°40′24.68″N 14°28′45.57″E / 45.6735222°N 14.4793250°E / 45.6735222; 14.4793250
2nd source
• location	Big Obrh Creek (Slovene: Velki Obrh)
• coordinates	45°41′59.63″N 14°30′40.93″E / 45.6998972°N 14.5113694°E / 45.6998972; 14.5113694
Mouth
• location	Sinks into Golobina Cave in the Lož Karst Field
Basin features
Progression	Stržen→ Rak→ Unica→ Ljubljanica→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea

Obrh Creek (pronounced [ˈoːbəɾx]) is a losing stream that originates and terminates in the Lož Karst Field in the Municipality of Loška Dolina. It is a watercourse in the Ljubljanica watershed. It is created by the confluence of Little Obrh Creek (Slovene: Mali Obrh) and Big Obrh Creek (Slovene: Veliki Obrh); the latter is fed by two tributaries: Brežiček Creek and Viševek Brežiček Creek (Slovene: Viševski Brežiček). The confluence, at which point it is simply named Obrh, lies west of the village of Pudob. In the northwest, limestone part of the karst field, Obrh Creek starts to drain into many sinkholes, and higher water flows into 850-meter (2,790 ft) Golobina Cave. The stream re-emerges at the spring of the Stržen River 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) to the northwest on the southeast edge of the Cerknica Karst Field.

Name

The name Obrh comes from the Slovene common noun obrh, referring to a powerful karst spring that usually surfaces below a cliff, creating a small deep lake that flows into a valley. The noun is originally a fused prepositional phrase, *ob vьrxъ 'at the summit' (i.e., at the highest point of the watercourse).

References

1. Komac, Blaž, Karel Natek, & Matija Zorn. 2008. Geografski vidiki poplav v Sloveniji (= Geografija Slovenije 20). Ljubljana: ZRC, p. 85.
2. Gunn, John (ed.). 2004. Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, p. 430.
3. Shaw, Trevor R. 2008. Foreign Travellers in the Slovene Karst: 1486–1900. Ljubljana: ZRC, p. 32.
4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 287.

External links

• Media related to Obrh at Wikimedia Commons
• Obrh Creek on Geopedija

v t e Hydrography of Slovenia
Rivers	Bača Bolska Čabranka Dragonja Drava Dravinja Dreta Framski potok Gradaščica Hudinja Idrijca Iška Kamnik Bistrica Kerka Kokra Koritnica Krka Kolpa Krupa Lahinja Ledava Ljubljanica Ložnica Meža Mirna Mislinja Mura Nadiža Nevljica Oplotniščica Paka Pesnica Pivka Polskava Pšata Radulja Reka Rinža Rižana Sava Sava Bohinjka Sava Dolinka Savinja Soča Sora Sotla Ščavnica Temenica Triglav Bistrica Tržič Bistrica Vipava Voglajna
Streams	Aslivka Besnica Big Božna Borovniščica Črnec Davščica Dobličica Glinščica Kobilje Creek Logaščica Nadiža Obrh Rak Reka Tunjščica
Waterfalls	Javornik Falls Peričnik Falls Rinka Falls
Lakes	Black Lake in the Triglav Lakes Valley Lake Bled Lake Bohinj Lake Cerknica Lake Gradišče Lake Kreda Lake Palčje Lake Ptuj Lake Trboje Lake Žovnek Wild Lake
Wetlands	Ljubljana Marsh Sečovlje Saltworks Škocjan Caves
Sea	Adriatic Sea
River valleys	Log Koritnica Valley Logar Valley Radovna Valley Rak Škocjan Soča Valley Trenta Valley Triglav Lakes Valley Tuhinj Valley Upper Sava Valley Vipava Valley
Canyons and gorges	Bistrica Gorge Dovžan Gorge Hell Gorge Iška Gorge Ribnica Gorge Vintgar Gorge

• Tributaries of the Ljubljanica
• Sinking rivers
• Municipality of Loška Dolina
• Rivers of Inner Carniola