The Besnica is a stream that flows through the Besnica Valley east of

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. It flows through the scattered settlement of Besnica and empties into the

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 flow ...

at Podgrad as its last right tributary just before it joins the

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. In the past, this was also the quadruple confluence of the stream with the Sava,

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, and Ljubljanica rivers.

Name

The name ''Besnica'' is originally a

hydronym A hydronym (from el, ὕδρω, , "water" and , , "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans. As ...

and was later also applied to the settlement of Besnica along the stream. The name is derived from the Slavic adjective ''*běsьnъ'' 'rushing, swift', referring the character of the stream.

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Besnica Creek on Geopedia
Rivers of Lower Carniola {{Slovenia-river-stub

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