Retovje Springs is a group of springs that join to form the Big Ljubljanica River ( sl, Velika Ljubljanica).

Name

The name ''Retovje'' and names like it (e.g., ''

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'', ''

Dolnje Retje Dolnje Retje (; in older sources also ''Dolenje Retje'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 40. german: link=no, Unterretje) is a small ...

'') are derived from the Slovene common noun ''retje'' 'powerful karst spring' from the root ''*vrětje'' 'springing, gushing'.Pavlovec, Rajko. 2006. "Domači kraški izrazi z Ljubljanskega barja." ''Geografski vestnik'' 78(1):61–64. The generic term ''okence'' in the Slovene name of two springs at the site is a diminutive of the common noun ''okno'' (literally, 'window') in the secondary meaning 'spring, place where groundwater surfaces'.Bezlaj, France. 1982. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, p. 245.

Geography

The springs are located in the Retovje Valley, a

steephead valley A steephead valley, steephead or blind valley is a deep, narrow, flat bottomed valley with an abrupt ending. Such closed valleys may arise in limestone or karst landscapes, where a layer of permeable rock lies above an impermeable substract such ...

near Verd south of Vrhnika. The springs include: * Walnut Spring () * Cliff Spring (, ) * Big Spring () * Little Spring () Big Spring and Little Spring are the two most powerful springs in the group. After almost 1 km, the Big Ljubljanica joins the Little Ljubljanica ( sl, Mala Ljubljanica) to form the

Ljubljanica River 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 flow ...

Exploration

The karst springs and sumps at Retovje were first studied in 1939 by the Kuščer brothers.Retovje. ''DEDI - Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem.''
Big Spring has been explored to a length of 270 m and a depth of 25 m, and Little Spring to a length of 305 m and depth of 45 m.

References

External links

Retovje Springs on Geopedia
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