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Triglav Bistrica

Coordinates: 46°27′45″N 13°56′40″E / 46.46250°N 13.94444°E / 46.46250; 13.94444
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Triglav Bistrica
Mist on the Triglav Bistrica
Map
Location
CountrySlovenia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBelow the north face of Mount Triglav, Julian Alps
 • coordinates46°24′42″N 13°50′47″E / 46.41167°N 13.84639°E / 46.41167; 13.84639
Mouth 
 • location
Sava Dolinka, near Mojstrana
 • coordinates
46°27′45″N 13°56′40″E / 46.46250°N 13.94444°E / 46.46250; 13.94444
Length10 km (6.2 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSava→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Triglav Bistrica (Slovene: Triglavska Bistrica, also simply known as the Bistrica)[1] is a stream that flows through the glacial Vrata Valley southwest of Mojstrana, Slovenia. Its source is below the north face of Mount Triglav in the blind Bukovlje Valley, and it flows past the Aljaž Lodge.[2] In addition to several intermittent tributaries with a flashy character, it also has three constant tributaries, all of them flowing from valleys below the east slope of Mount Škrlatica: Dry Creek (Suhi potok), Red Creek (Rdeči potok), and Peričnik Creek. The Triglav Bistrica empties into the Sava Dolinka at Mojstrana. It falls 400 meters (1,300 ft) during its approximately 10-kilometer (6.2 mi) course.

Palaeontology

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In the upper reaches of the Vrata Valley, near Kozja Dnina, a sequence of pelagic limestones of Carnian age is exposed, this locality been known to paleontologists from the beginning of the 20th century and has produced a variety of excellently preserved fossils.[3] These include bivalves, brachiopods, echinoids, crinoids, asteroids, ammonites, belemnites, scleractinian corals, shrimps, lobsters, fish and thylacocephalans.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Mauro Hrvatin; Matija Zorn (2018). "Recentne spremembe rečnih pretokov in pretočnih režimov v Julijskih alpah". In Zorn, Matija; Mikša, Peter; Lačen Benedičič, Irena; Ogrin, Matej; Kunstelj, Ana Marija (eds.). Triglav 240. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU. p. 124.
  2. ^ Carey, Justi; Clark, Roy (2019). The Slovene Mountain Trail: Slovenska planinska pot. Kendal, UK: Cicerone. p. 122.
  3. ^ Kolar-Jurkovšek, Tea; Jurkovšek, Bogdan (1997). "Valvasoria carniolica n.gen. n.sp., a Triassic Worm from Slovenia". Geologia Croatica. 50: 1–5. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  4. ^ Laville, Thomas; Hitij, Tomaz; Forel, Marie-Béatrice; Gašparič, Rok; Zalohar, Jure; Charbonnier, Sylvain (2024). "Middle and Late Triassic thylacocephalans from Slovenia: implications for their diversification" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 99 (3): 219–253. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1907. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
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