Sutla
| Sotla / Sutla | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 580 m (1,900 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sava |
• coordinates | 45°51′52″N15°41′01″E/ 45.8645°N 15.6835°E |
• elevation | 135 m (443 ft)[1] |
| Length | 88.6 km (55.1 mi)[2] |
| Basin size | 584.3 km2(225.6 sq mi)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Sava→Danube→Black Sea |
TheSutla(Croatian) orSotla(Slovene) is ariverflowing throughSloveniaandCroatia,mostly forming their border. It is atributaryto theSava,itself a tributary to theDanube.It is 89 kilometres (55 mi) long and has a watershed area of 584 square kilometres (225 sq mi).[2]
Overview
[edit]The Sutla flows through the following municipalities:
- in Slovenia:Rogatec,Rogaška Slatina,Podčetrtek,Bistrica ob Sotli,Brežice
- in Croatia:Đurmanec,Hum na Sutli,Desinić,Zagorska Sela,Klanjec,Kraljevec na Sutli,Brdovec
The hydrological parameters of the Sutla are regularly monitored in Croatia atZelenjak.[3]
The division of the Sutla/Sotla basin area between Croatia and Slovenia is inconsistent in sources; Croatian sources claim either 343 km2(132 sq mi)[4]or 455 km2(176 sq mi),[5]while Slovenian sources claim either 477 km2(184 sq mi)[6]or 451 km2(174 sq mi).[1]
Kozje Park(Slovene:Kozjanski park), established in 1981 as Trebče Memorial Park (Spominski park Trebče), is located in Slovenian territory west of the Sotla. It covers 206 km2(80 sq mi) of the landscape of theKozje Hills(Kozjansko hribovje), includingwetlandsalong the Sotla. It is the habitat of over 120 bird species and of about 950higher plantspecies.[7]
The earliest known mention of Sutla was in 1028, asZontla.The name is pre-Slavic in origin and comes from*Sǫtъla.The root*Sont-/*Sant-does not have a known meaning.[8]
References
[edit]- ^abcRivers, longer than 25 km, and their catchment areas,Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^abc"Sava River Basin Analysis Report"(PDF).International Sava River Basin Commission. September 2009. p. 13. Archived fromthe original(PDF, 9.98 MB)on 2010-07-17.
- ^"Daily hydrological report".Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service.Retrieved2010-09-09.
- ^Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015).Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015[Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015](PDF).Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb:Croatian Bureau of Statistics.p. 49.ISSN1333-3305.Retrieved27 December2015.
- ^"Karakteristike značajnijih vodotoka".Vodnogospodarska osnova Hrvatske - Strategija upravljanja vodama(in Croatian).Croatian Parliament.Retrieved2011-12-19.
- ^[1]Archived2012-02-27 at theWayback MachineVisokovodni valovi – Sotla nad Draganjo in Draganja na izlivu (delovna verzija). Elaborat, Vodnogospodarski inštitut. Ljubljani, 2000.
- ^Bizjak, Janez (2008).Zavarovana območja v Sloveniji[Protected Areas of Slovenia](PDF)(in Slovenian and English). Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Republic of Slovenia.ISBN978-961-6392-61-7.
- ^Šimunović, Petar (March 2013)."Predantički toponimi u današnjoj (i povijesnoj) Hrvatskoj"[Pre-Roman placenames in present-day (and historical) Croatia](PDF).Folia onomastica Croatica(in Croatian) (22). Zagreb:Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts:209.Retrieved18 January2016.
External links
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