The Sava Bohinjka is a headwater of the Sava River in northwestern Slovenia. At in length, it is the shorter of the two headwaters that become the Sava River in the town of Radovljica, the other being the -long Sava Dolinka.
Course
The Sava Bohinjka originates under the Komarča Crag at an elevation of , from springs fed by the Triglav Lakes Valley. Until it reaches
Lake Bohinj, the river is known as the Savica ('little Sava'), and features the -high Savica Falls () at its source.
[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, ] It then flows through the Ukanc Gorge, where the 3
megawatt Savica power plant is located, before flowing into
Lake Bohinj, where it creates a small
river delta. It flows from Lake Bohinj as the Sava Bohinjka through Bohinjska Bistrica,
Bohinjska Bela, and close to
Lake Bled, before meeting the Sava Dolinka near Radovljica.
External links
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Condition of Sava Bohinjka at Sveti Janez and Bodešče - graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken at Sveti Janez and Bodešče by ARSO)
