Savica Falls is a waterfall in northwestern

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. It is high and is fed by a

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also called Savica just above the waterfall. A large portion of water is sourced from a karst basin around Black Lake, which lies around higher above the waterfall, because of which the spring has a relatively steady and strong flow. Water flows to the spring below the ground, where it splits into two parts. After heavy rains, the water supply from the lake and its surroundings may exceed the capacity of tunnels, and a portion of water flows on the surface in cascading waterfalls high. The waterfall continues in a stream of the same name, which flows into

Lake Bohinj Lake Bohinj ( sl, Bohinjsko jezero, german: Wocheiner See), covering , is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. It is located within the Bohinj Valley of the Julian Alps, in the northwestern Upper Carniola region, and part of Triglav National Par ...

as its main source. Water from Lake Bohinj is further a source of the

Sava Bohinjka The Sava Bohinjka is a headwater of the Sava River in northwestern Slovenia. At in length, it is the shorter of the two headwaters that become the Sava River in Radovljica, the other being the -long Sava Dolinka. Course The Sava Bohinjka origin ...

, which forms the

Sava The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...

River after joining with the Sava Dolinka.Baedeker, Karl (1879) "Terglou: The Valley of the Wocheiner Save" ''The Eastern Alps: Including the Bavarian Highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia'' (4th ed.) Dulau and Co., London
p. 353

Access

The waterfall is usually accessed from the Savica lodge, accessible from the western part of

. The waterfall is about a 15-minute walk from the lodge. Is necessary to pay an entrance fee.

Gallery

File:Burger_NestalniSlapLevoOdSavice.jpg, cascade, which appears after heavy rains

References

External links

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