| Obrh Creek | |
| Source1 Location: | Little Obrh Creek (Slovenian: Mali Obrh) |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 45.6735°N 14.4793°W |
| Source2 Location: | Big Obrh Creek (Slovenian: Velki Obrh) |
| Source2 Coordinates: | 45.6999°N 14.5114°W |
| Progression: | Stržen→ Rak→ Unica→ |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Obrh Creek (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈoːbəɾx/) is a losing stream that originates and terminates in the Lož Karst Field in the Municipality of Loška Dolina. It is a watercourse in the Ljubljanica watershed. It is created by the confluence of Little Obrh Creek (Slovenian: Mali Obrh) and Big Obrh Creek (Slovenian: Veliki Obrh); the latter is fed by two tributaries: Brežiček Creek and Viševek Brežiček Creek (Slovenian: Viševski Brežiček). The confluence, at which point it is simply named Obrh, lies west of the village of Pudob.[1] In the northwest, limestone part of the karst field, Obrh Creek starts to drain into many sinkholes, and higher water flows into 850sp=usNaNsp=us Golobina Cave. The stream re-emerges at the spring of the Stržen River 2km (01miles) to the northwest on the southeast edge of the Cerknica Karst Field.[2] [3]
The name Obrh comes from the Slovene common noun obrh, referring to a powerful karst spring that usually surfaces below a cliff, creating a small deep lake that flows into a valley. The noun is originally a fused prepositional phrase, *ob vьrxъ 'at the summit' (i.e., at the highest point of the watercourse).[4]