The Mali Graben ( sl, Mali graben) is a creek and a natural branch of the

Gradaščica The Gradaščica is a river in Slovenia. The river is long. It begins in Polhov Gradec at the confluence of Little Creek ( sl, Mala Voda) and Big Božna Creek. Near Vrhovci it is joined by Horjulščica Creek (also known as Horjulka Creek). Not f ...

River in southwest Ljubljana. It flows south of and parallel to the

and is the largest affluent of the river

Ljubljanica The Ljubljanica (), known in the Middle Ages as the ''Sava'', is a river in the southern part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, lies on the river. The Ljubljanica rises south of the town of Vrhnika and flows ...

. It is also known as ''Stržen'' (literally, '

thalweg In geography and fluvial geomorphology, a thalweg or talweg () is the line of lowest elevation within a valley or watercourse. Under international law, a thalweg is the middle of the primary navigable channel of a waterway that defines the bounda ...

')"Kruta prepoved." 1919. ''Jugoslavija'' 2(209) (30 August): 4.Beg, Ante. 1940. Črtice o bivši občini Vič. ''Kronika slovenskih mest'' 7(1): 26–31, p. 28. and ''Mala voda'' ('Little Creek').Melik, Anton. 1929/39. Razvoj Ljubljane. ''Geografski vestnik'' 5/6(1–4): 93–137, p. 99. The creek is a natural channel. It splits from the Gradaščica not far from

Bokalce Castle Bokalce Castle ( sl, Grad Bokalce, german: Strobelhof''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 107.) is a castle or mansion in Ljubljana, the ca ...

, then flows across the southern part of the Murgle residential district and joins the Ljubljanica from the left side near the

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. Most water from the Gradaščica is diverted into the Mali Graben, helping alleviate flooding of the

Trnovo District The Trnovo District ( sl, Četrtna skupnost Trnovo), or simply Trnovo, is a district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: '' ...

of Ljubljana. File:Bokalce Weir.JPG, Beginning of the Mali Graben west of the Vrhovci neighborhood in the west part of Ljubljana

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