The Temenica is a

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. It is one of the most typical influent streams of Slovenia's

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terrain.

Name

The name ''Temenica'' comes from the archaic common noun *''temenica'' '

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' (cf. Polish dialect ''ciemienica'' 'spring',

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''temenec'' 'spring').

Geography

The river goes under the surface twice. It originates in the southern part of the Sava Hills. It sinks for the first time near Dolenje Ponikve in several

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. It emerges again in the

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Valley at Zijalo Spring. It runs above ground until a sinkhole near Goriška Vas, where it sinks for the second and last time. The third and last spring of the Temenica is located at Luknja pri Prečni. It flows through the Zalog Karst Field and it joins with the Krka River as its largest

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. The Temenica's surface length is , and its subterranean length is measured in a straight line.

References

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