The Vipava (in
Slovene) or Vipacco (in
Italian
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) or ''Wipbach'' / ''Wippach'' (in
German
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) is a
river
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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. This is a rare river with a
delta
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* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
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Delta may also ...
source, formed by nine main springs. The
Battle of the Frigidus
The Battle of the Frigidus, also called the Battle of the Frigid River, was fought between 5 and 6 September 394 between the army of the Roman emperor Theodosius the Great and the army of the rebel ''augustus'' Eugenius (), in the eastern bor ...
was fought near the river, which was named ''Frigidus'' ('cold') by the
Romans
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. 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
300px, Map of river systems in Slovenia
This is a list of rivers of Slovenia. There are 59 major rivers in Slovenia, altogether measuring about in length. The total length of all rivers in Slovenia is , which gives a river density of 1,33 ...
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 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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