The Pesnica (; german: Pößnitz) 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 w ...
in
Styria, southeastern
Austria
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and in
Styria, northeastern
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
.
It is long, of which is in Slovenia. Its catchment area is about , of which is in Slovenia. Its source is near
Glanz an der Weinstraße, near the Austrian-Slovenian border. It passes
Zgornja Kungota,
Pesnica,
Pernica
Pernica (; german: Pernitzen) is a village in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.
The parish church in the settleme ...
, the castle at
Hrastovec v Slovenskih Goricah,
Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah
Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah (; sl, Lenart v Slovenskih goricah, german: Sankt Leonhard in Windischbüheln) is a town in the Slovene Hills in the Municipality of Lenart in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styr ...
, the monastery of
Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah,
Dornava, and
Velika Nedelja, and then merges with the
Drava near
Ormož
Ormož (; in older sources , hu, Ormosd, german: Friedau, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Ormošd'') is a town in the traditional region of Prlekija, part of Styria, in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Drava River and borders with Cr ...
, on the border with
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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.
References
External links
Condition of Pesnica- graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in
Ranca 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 Styria
Rivers of Styria (Slovenia)
Rivers of Austria
International rivers of Europe
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