Dolina () is a settlement on the Tržič Bistrica River in the

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in the

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region of

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Geography

Dolina is a scattered settlement in the valley of the

Tržič Bistrica The Tržič Bistrica () is a river in Upper Carniola, Slovenia. The river is in length. It starts in the Karawanks, runs through the Dovžan Gorge and the town of Tržič, and joins the Sava The Sava, is a river in Central Europe, Central ...

River and along both slopes. The hamlet of Na Jamah lies in the lower part of the settlement, at the north end of the

Dovžan Gorge The Dovžan Gorge ( or ''Dolžanova soteska'') is a gorge in Slovenia that was carved by the Tržič Bistrica River. The river flows through unique waterfalls over large rounded blocks of white quartz conglomerate. These large blocks tumbled into ...

, and the main population center, Zgornja Dolina, lies further north, where Kališnik Creek flows into the Tržič Bistrica. The settlement also includes the isolated Kušpergar, Urh, and Pinč farms. There is little tilled land, and most of the area is forested. There are falls on the Tržič Bistrica near the hamlet of Na Jamah. Southwest of the Kušpergar farm there is a rock formation known as the Kušpergar Towers (), which are the remnants of ancient coral reefs.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Dolina include: *Filip Bence (1950–2009), rock climber

References

External links

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Dolina on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Tržič {{Tržič-geo-stub