Official Name: | Potok |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Trebnje |
Area Total Km2: | 0.61 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 75 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9473°N 14.9323°W |
Elevation M: | 290.6 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Potok (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpɔːtɔk/) is a small settlement northwest of Šentlovrenc in the Municipality of Trebnje in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in Slovenia. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement literally means 'creek, stream'. Toponyms containing the element potok 'creek' are common in Slovenia.[3] The village stands on the right bank of Potok Creek, a tributary of the Temenica River. Potok Creek is usually dry, but during heavy rain it is fed by Škavba Spring at Mačji Dol Cave (Marovška zijalka) and the water then flows south through the Mačji Dol Valley (Marovška dolina).[4]