The Vipava (in
Slovene) or Vipacco (in
Italian) or ''Wipbach'' / ''Wippach'' (in
German
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**Germania (historical use)
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**Ger ...
) is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
that flows through western
Slovenia
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and north-eastern
Italy
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. The river is in length, of which 45 km in Slovenia. After entering
Italy
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it joins the
Isonzo/Soča in the Municipality of
Savogna d'Isonzo
Savogna d'Isonzo ( sl, Sovodnje ob Soči; fur, Savogne di Gurize) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Gorizia, on the border with Slovenia. The ...
. This is a rare river with a
delta
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
source, formed by nine main springs. The
Battle of the Frigidus was fought near the river, which was named ''Frigidus'' ('cold') by the
Romans. It has a
pluvial-nival regime in its upper course and a pluvial regime in its lower course.
See also
*
List of rivers of Slovenia
References
External links
*
* Condition of Vipava a
Dolenje
- graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in Dolenje, Dornberk
Dornberk (; it, Montespino) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica.
It is located in the Vipava Valley within the ''Goriška'' region of the Slovenian Littoral. Dornberk is the centre of a local community that includes ...
and Miren
Miren (; it, Merna) is an urbanized settlement in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia right next to the border with Italy. The hill known as Miren Castle ( sl, Mirenski grad) rises above the settlement to th ...
by ARSO The Slovenian Environment Agency (Slovenian: ''Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje'' or ''ARSO'') is the main organisation for environment of the Republic of Slovenia. It was established in 2001 with a reorganisation of the ''Hydrometeorological ...
)
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of the Slovene Littoral
International rivers of Europe
Rivers of the Province of Gorizia
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