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20-566: The town of Idrija lies in the Idrija Basin , surrounded by the Idrija Hills . It is traversed by the Idrijca River, which is joined there by Nikova Creek. It includes the neighborhoods of Brusovše, Cegovnica, Prenjuta, and Žabja Vas close to the town center, as well as the more outlying hamlets of Češnjice, Ljubevč, Marof, Mokraška Vas, Podroteja, Staje, and Zahoda. The Marof hydroelectric plant

40-400: A new river, to be given its own name, perhaps one already known to the people who live upon its banks. Conversely, explorers approaching a new land from the sea encounter its rivers at their mouths, where they name them on their charts, then, following a river upstream, encounter each tributary as a forking of the stream to the right and to the left, which then appear on their charts as such; or

60-503: A river in Slovenia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tributaries A tributary , or an affluent , is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ( main stem or "parent" ), river, or a lake . A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean . Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater , leading

80-506: Is located on the Idrijca River on the northern outskirts of Idrija, between Marof and Mokraška Vas. Springs in the area include Podroteja Spring and Wild Lake on the Idrijca River south of the town. Mercury was discovered in Idrija (known as Idria under Austrian rule) in the late 15th century (various sources cite 1490, 1492, and 1497). To support the mining activities, Gewerkenegg Castle

100-488: Is one of the few places in the world where mercury occurs in both its elemental liquid state and as cinnabar (mercury sulfide) ore. The subterranean shaft mine entrance known as Anthony's Shaft ( Antonijev rov ) is used today for tours of the upper levels, complete with life-sized depictions of workers over the ages. The lower levels, which extend to almost 400 meters below the surface and are no longer being actively mined, are currently being cleaned up. The parish church in

120-743: The Nazi Germany and was then heavily rocketed by the SAAF in 1945. After the war, it formed part of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia within Yugoslavia and became a town in independent Slovenia in June 1991. Today, its inhabitants mostly consider it part of the Slovene Littoral . According to legend, a bucket maker working in a local spring spotted a small amount of liquid mercury over 500 years ago. Idrija

140-576: The 17th until the 19th century. The area of the upper Idrijca has been proclaimed the Upper Idrijca Landscape Park . It encompasses numerous karst features and diverse plant species. During World War II, Pavla Partisan Hospital stood there. This article about the Municipality of Idrija in Slovenia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to

160-451: The handedness is from the point of view of an observer facing upstream. For instance, Steer Creek has a left tributary which is called Right Fork Steer Creek. These naming conventions are reflective of the circumstances of a particular river's identification and charting: people living along the banks of a river, with a name known to them, may then float down the river in exploration, and each tributary joining it as they pass by appears as

180-424: The joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary , a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. Distributaries are most often found in river deltas . Right tributary , or right-bank tributary , and left tributary , or left-bank tributary , describe the orientation of the tributary relative to the flow of the main stem river. These terms are defined from

200-653: The northwest. After passing through Spodnja Idrija and Cerkno it joins the Soča in Most na Soči . It has a pluvio-nival regime and belongs to the Adriatic Sea Basin. The river basin has an area of 598 square kilometres (231 sq mi). The major tributaries are the Belca, Zala , Cerknica, and Bača from the right and the Nikomlja, Kanošica, and Trebušica from the left. One of

220-462: The opposite bank before approaching the confluence. An early tributary is a tributary that joins the main stem river closer to its source than its mouth, that is, before the river's midpoint ; a late tributary joins the main stem further downstream, closer to its mouth than to its source, that is, after the midpoint. In the United States, where tributaries sometimes have the same name as

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240-476: The perspective of looking downstream, that is, facing the direction the water current of the main stem is going. In a navigational context, if one were floating on a raft or other vessel in the main stream, this would be the side the tributary enters from as one floats past; alternately, if one were floating down the tributary, the main stream meets it on the opposite bank of the tributary. This information may be used to avoid turbulent water by moving towards

260-853: The right tributaries is also the Jezernica River, which originates from the Wild Lake ( Slovene : Divje jezero ). Being only 55 m long, the Jezernica is the shortest river in Slovenia. The river has many fish, among which the Salmo marmoratus , the rainbow trout , and the Grayling are noteworthy. In the past, timber was driven down the Idrijca to Idrija to be used as pillars in the Idrija mercury mine . Special logging sluices (Sln. klavže ) were employed for this purpose from

280-643: The river into which they feed, they are called forks . These are typically designated by compass direction. For example, the American River in California receives flow from its North, Middle, and South forks. The Chicago River 's North Branch has the East, West, and Middle Fork; the South Branch has its South Fork, and used to have a West Fork as well (now filled in). Forks are sometimes designated as right or left. Here,

300-418: The smaller stream designated the little fork, the larger either retaining its name unmodified, or receives the designation big . Tributaries are sometimes listed starting with those nearest to the source of the river and ending with those nearest to the mouth of the river . The Strahler stream order examines the arrangement of tributaries in a hierarchy of first, second, third and higher orders, with

320-432: The streams are seen to diverge by the cardinal direction (north, south, east, or west) in which they proceed upstream, sometimes a third stream entering between two others is designated the middle fork; or the streams are distinguished by the relative height of one to the other, as one stream descending over a cataract into another becomes the upper fork, and the one it descends into, the lower ; or by relative volume:

340-676: The town is dedicated to Saint Joseph the Worker and belongs to the Diocese of Koper . There are three other churches in Idrija, dedicated to the Holy Trinity , Saint Anthony of Padua , and Our Lady of Sorrows . Notable people who were born or lived in Idrija include: Idrijca The Idrijca is a river flowing through the Idrija Hills and Cerkno Hills in Slovenia . It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) long. It rises near Vojsko , flows towards northeast and after passing through Idrija turns to

360-463: The water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of 4,248 km (2,640 mi). The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of 31,200 m /s (1.1 million cu ft/s). A confluence , where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to

380-609: Was constructed between 1522 and 1533 by the mine owners. Mining operations were taken over by the government in 1580. The mineral idrialite , discovered here in 1832, is named after the town. In the Middle Ages, Idrija was managed by the Patriarchate of Aquileia and the Counts of Gorizia as part of the Governorate of Tolmin, which became independent in the 15th century. After 1500, Idrija

400-638: Was occupied for one year by the Republic of Venice (in 1508), but it was otherwise governed by the House of Habsburg . In March 1511, it was affected by the forceful 1511 Idrija earthquake . In the 18th century, Idrija gained the rights of a market town . From 1783 until the 1910s, it was part of the Inner Carniola Kreis . In 1920, it came under Italy with the Treaty of Rapallo . In September 1943, it became part of

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