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Karst siphon lake in near Idrija, Slovenia
Wild Lake
Wild Lake is located in SloveniaWild LakeWild Lake
Locationnear Idrija, Slovenia
Coordinates45°58′56″N 14°1′41″E / 45.98222°N 14.02806°E / 45.98222; 14.02806
Typekarst siphon lake
Basin countriesSlovenia
Max. depthover 160 m (520 ft)
Surface elevation340 metres (1,120 ft)

Wild Lake (Slovene: Divje jezero) is a lake near Idrija in western Slovenia and a karst spring of the Vauclusian type. The lake is the source of the Jezernica River, a tributary of the Idrijca and, at 55 metres (180 ft) long, the shortest river in Slovenia. Water flows from the submerged cave in the southern shore of the lake, out of a steeply inclined tunnel, explored to a depth of 160 metres (520 ft) and length of 415 metres (1,362 ft). The discharge occasionally surpasses 60 cubic metres per second (2,100 cu ft/s). However, when the water level is low, there is no outflow from the lake. In 1967, the lake was protected as a natural monument. In 1972, it was arranged to be the first Slovenian natural museum.

References

  1. "Ozemlje in podnebje" [Territory and Climate] (PDF). Statistični letopis 1994 [Statistical Yearbook 1994]. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 1994. p. 38. ISSN 1318-5403.
  2. Perko, Drago; Ciglič, Rok; Zorn, Matija (2020). The Geography of Slovenia: Small But Diverse. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. p. 64.
  3. Fallon, Steve (1995). Slovenia: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit. Hawthorn, Victoria: Lonely Planet. p. 174.
  4. Deliso, Christopher (2020). The History of Croatia and Slovenia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 10.
  5. ^ Nared, Janez; Perko, Drago (2010). Na prelomnici: razvojna vprašanja Občine Idrija [At the Turning Point: the Development Issues of the Municipality of Idrija]. Capacities (in Slovenian). Scientific Research Centre, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. p. 72. ISBN 9789612542436. ISSN 2232-2477.
  6. ^ Petrič, Metka. "Divje jezero" [Wild Lake]. In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Torkar, Gregor; Golež, Mateja; et al. (eds.). Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  7. "Divje jezero, Kataster jam, kat. št. 5000" [Slovenian Cave Registry, Cave No. 5000] (in Slovenian and English). Društvo za raziskovanje jam Ljubljana. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

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