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Sora
The Selca Sora under the Capuchin Bridge, Škofja Loka, just above its confluence with the Poljane Sora (2008)
Location
Country	Slovenia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	confluence of Selca Sora (Selščica) and Poljane Sora (Poljanščica)
• elevation	330 m (1,080 ft)
Mouth
• location	Sava (near Medvode)
• coordinates	46°08′21″N 14°24′57″E / 46.1391°N 14.4159°E / 46.1391; 14.4159
• elevation	308 m (1,010 ft)
Length	9 km (5.6 mi)
Basin size	636 km (246 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	25 m/s (880 cu ft/s) (at the outflow)
Basin features
Progression	Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Sora (German: Zayer or Zeier) is a right affluent of the Sava River in western Slovenia. The Sora gathers its waters mainly from the Škofja Loka Hills. Its source branches are the Poljane Sora (Slovene: Poljanska Sora, also Poljanščica), named after the Poljane Valley (Poljanska dolina), and the Selca Sora (Slovene: Selška Sora, also Selščica), named after the Selca Valley (Selška dolina). The Poljane Sora is larger and is 43 kilometres (27 mi) in length, while the Selca Sora is 32 km (20 mi) in length. They flow together in Škofja Loka and continue the flow as the Sora for the next 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi) until Medvode, where the Sora joins the Sava. Including the Poljane Sora, the Sora is 52 km (32 mi) in length. This makes it the 15th longest river of Slovenia.

The Sora is of torrential character and often floods. Its average discharge at the outflow is 25 cubic metres per second (880 cu ft/s). Its largest discharge, measured in 1990, was 690 m/s (24,000 cu ft/s).

References

1. ^ Rivers, longer than 25 km, and their catchment areas, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Otte, T. G. (2014). An Historian in Peace and War: The Diaries of Harold Temperley. London: Routledge. p. 487. between the Poljane Sora and the Selca Sora rivers
3. ^ Stewart, James; Facaros, Dana; Pauls, Michael (2005). Croatia & the Adriatic. London: Cadogan Guides. p. 177. at the confluence of rivers Poljane Sora and Selca Sora

External links

• Media related to Sora at Wikimedia Commons
• Condition of Sora at Železniki and Suha - graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in Železniki and Suha by ARSO)

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

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