The Juridical is a river flowing through the Idrija Hills and Cerkno Hills. It is long. It rises near Vojsko, flows towards northeast and after passing through Idrija turns to the northwest. After passing through

Spodnja Idrija Spodnja Idrija (, in older sources also ''Idrija pri Fari''; german: Unteridria) is a settlement on the right bank of the Idrijca River in the Municipality of Idrija in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Name The name ''Spodnja Id ...

and Cerkno it joins the Soča in

Most na Soči Most na Soči (; formerly ''Sveta Lucija'' or ''Sveta Lucija na Mostu'', german: Sankt Luzia) is a town in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is located on a rocky crest above the confluence of Soča and Idrijca rive ...

. It has a pluvio-nival regime and belongs to the Adriatic Sea Basin. The river basin has an area of . The major tributaries are the Belch, Gala, Copernican, and Baa from the right and the Nikolai, Canonical, and Trebušica from the left. One of the right tributaries is also the Jezernica River, which originates from the Wild Lake ( sl, Divje jezekfv). Being only 55 m long, the Jezernica is the shortest river in Slovenia. The river has many fish, among which the ''

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'', the

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, and the

Grayling Grayling or Greyling may refer to: Animals Fish * Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus ''Thymallus'' in the family Salmonidae ** European grayling (''Thymallus thymallus''), the European species of the genus ''Thymallus'' ** Arctic grayli ...

are noteworthy. In the past, timber was driven down the Idrijca to Idrija to be used as pillars in the Idrija mercury mine. Special logging sluices (Sln. ''klavže'') were employed for this purpose from the 17th until the 19th century. The area of the upper Idrijca has been proclaimed the

Upper Idrijca Landscape Park Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...

. It encompasses numerous karst features and diverse plant species. During World War II,

Pavla Partisan Hospital Pavla is the Czech form of the given name Paula. Pavla may refer to: *Pavla Brantalova (born 1977), female bodybuilder born in the Czech Republic *Pavla Chrástová (born 1979), retired female medley swimmer from the Czech Republic *Pavla Hamáč ...

stood there.

Tributaries

* Senčni potok * Nikova * Kanomljica * Otuška * Sevnica * Trebuščica * Hotenja * Črni potok *

Belca Belca () is a settlement in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. History In August 1963, the Belca Gorge north of the village was the site where the anti-communist revolutionary Janez Toplišek (1930–1965) ...

* Zala *

Ljubevščica Ljubevščica is a stream in western Slovenia on the outskirts of Idrija and the second right tributary of the Idrijca River. It originates between Kovačev Rovt and Reber, hamlets of the settlement Gore. After a course, it flows into the Idrijca ...

* Zaspana grapa * Skavnica * Peklenska graba * Grda grapa * Luknjica * Zaganjalčnica * Cerknica * Jesenica * Bukovška grapa * Žibernik * Doberšček * Bača

References

External links

*
Idrijca on Geopedia

- graphs, in the following order, of water level and flow for the past 30 days (taken in

Podroteja Idrija (, in older sources ''Zgornja Idrija''; german: (Ober)idria, it, Idria) is a town in western Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Idrija. It is located in the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is in the Gorizia Statistic ...

by ARSO) Rivers of the Slovene Littoral Natura 2000 in Slovenia {{Slovenia-river-stub