Bavšica (; it, Bausizza) is a

dispersed settlement A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a numb ...

in the

Municipality of Bovec The Municipality of Bovec ( or ; sl, Občina Bovec) is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia. Its center is the town of Bovec. , its mayor is Valter Mlekuž. Geography The northern parts of the municipality up the Trenta Valley to the peaks o ...

in the

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region of

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

Geography

Bavšica lies in a

glacial valley U-shaped valleys, also called trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by the process of glaciation. They are characteristic of mountain glaciation in particular. They have a characteristic U shape in cross-section, with steep, straight s ...

below Mount Bavšica Grintovec ( sl, Bavški Grintavec) in the

Julian Alps The Julian Alps ( sl, Julijske Alpe, it, Alpi Giulie, , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large pa ...

to the east and the Log Cliff ( sl, Loška stena, it, Parete di Bretto) to the north. The valley also hosts the Bavšica Hiking Training Center ( sl, Planinsko učno središče Bavšica) (PUS Bavšica), the main educational center of the Alpine Association of Slovenia.Alpine Association of Slovenia
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Name

Bavšica was attested in written sources in 1763–87 as ''Bauschiza''. The name is derived from the Slovene common noun ''balha'' (dialect ''baha'') ' matgrass', referring to the local vegetation. A less likely explanation is that the name is derived from the adjective ''*balh'' 'whitish, pale'.

References

External links

Bavšica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Bovec {{Bovec-geo-stub