Big Božna Explained

Big Božna Creek
Source1 Location:	Polhov Gradec Hills
Mouth Coordinates:	46.0603°N 14.3146°W
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Length:	6.25km (03.88miles)
Source1 Elevation:	500m (1,600feet)

Big Božna Creek (Slovenian: Velika Božna) or simply the Božna,^[1] also known as Božja Creek (Slovenian: Božja voda),^[2] or Big Creek (Slovenian: Velika voda) is a stream in northwestern Slovenia. It is the left source tributary of the Gradaščica, the right one being Little Creek (Slovenian: Mala voda).^[3] It was recorded under the German names Salog bach or Sallog Bach (i.e., Zalog Creek) in the 18th century.^[4]

Course

The source of Big Božna Creek is in the Polhov Gradec Hills west of Ljubljana, not far from Kremenik.^[5] It forms part of the watershed of the Ljubljanica River. The road from Polhov Gradec to Črni Vrh runs through the Big Božna Valley.^[6] The Big Božna is joined by Little Božna Creek (Slovenian: Mala Božna, recorded in German as the Botschnia or Botschnia bach in the 18th century^[7]) about 2 km north-northwest of Polhov Gradec, and then by Little Creek (Slovenian: Mala Voda) south of Polhov Gradec to form the Gradaščica River.

External links

• Big Božna Creek on Geopedia

Notes and References

1. Book: Hribernik, Mirjam . Možnosti razvoja občine Dobrova-Polhov Gradec s poudarkom na turizmu . Slovenian . Development Opportunities for the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec with an Emphasis on Tourism . 97 . 2006 . Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana .
2. Bezlaj, France. 1956. Slovenska vodna imena, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, p. 78.
3. Book: Jasna, Zibelnik . Spreminjanje struge in poplavne ravnice ob Gradaščici ter spreminjanje poselitve na poplavnem območju . Slovenian . The Changes of the Riverbed and the Flood Plain Along the Gradaščica and the Changes of the Settlement in the Flooding Area . 2014 . 8 . Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana . 2015-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150412162226/http://geo.ff.uni-lj.si/pisnadela/pdfs/zaksem_201503_jasna_zibelnik.pdf . 2015-04-12 . dead .
4. Rajšp, Vincenc & Majda Ficko. 1998. Slovenija na vojaškem zemljevidu 1763–1787, vol 4. Ljubljana: Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, p. 296.
5. Blaznik, Pavle. 1973. Škofja Loka in loško gospostvo, 973–1803. Škofja Loka: Muzejsko društvo, p. 12.
6. Planina, Francè. 1963. Slovenija in njeni kraji. Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, p. 48.
7. Rajšp, Vincenc & Majda Ficko. 1998. Slovenija na vojaškem zemljevidu 1763–1787, vol 4. Ljubljana: Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, p. 224.