Big Božna Creek ( sl, Velika Božna) or simply the Božna,
also known as Božja Creek (), or Big Creek ()
is a stream in northwestern
Slovenia. It is the left source tributary of the
Gradaščica, the right one being Little Creek (). It was recorded under the German names ''Salog bach'' or ''Sallog Bach'' (i.e., Zalog Creek) in the 18th century.
Course
The source of Big Božna Creek is in the
Polhov Gradec Hills
The Polhov Gradec Hills ( sl, Polhograjsko hribovje, also , , and ) are a pre-Alpine hilly region of northwestern Slovenia. To the north they border the Škofja Loka Hills, and to the south they border the Ljubljana Basin and the Ljubljana Marsh. ...
west of
Ljubljana, not far from
Kremenik
Kremenik () is a small dispersed settlement in the hills south of Poljane nad Škofjo Loko in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Sloven ...
. It forms part of the watershed of the
Ljubljanica River. The road from Polhov Gradec to
Črni Vrh runs through the Big Božna Valley. The Big Božna is joined by Little Božna Creek (, recorded in German as the ''Botschnia'' or ''Botschnia bach'' in the 18th century
[Rajšp, Vincenc & Majda Ficko. 1998. ''Slovenija na vojaškem zemljevidu 1763–1787'', vol 4. Ljubljana: Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, p. 224.]) about 2 km north-northwest of
Polhov Gradec, and then by Little Creek () south of Polhov Gradec to form the Gradaščica River.
References
External links
Big Božna Creek on Geopedia
Rivers of Upper Carniola
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