Krka

The Krka is a river in southeastern Slovenia, a right tributary of the . With a length of 94.6 km, it is the second-longest river flowing in its entirety in Slovenia, following the .
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Photo: Andrejj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in southern Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Gurk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brežice Youth Club and Brežice Water Tower.

Community center
Photo: Janezdrilc, CC0.
is a community center.

Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
The was built in 1914, together with a city sewage system and electrification. It used to serve as the water supply for until the new water house was built below Šentvid Hill above the town.

Power station
Photo: Janezdrilc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Čatež ob Savi and Brežice.

Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is a on the right bank of the at its confluence with the Krka River in the in eastern .

Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in eastern in the Lower Sava Valley, near the border. It is the seat of the . It lies in the center of the Plain, which is part of the larger Krka Flat.

Village
Photo: Janezdrilc, CC0.
is a settlement southeast of in the in eastern . The area is part of the traditional region of .

Krka

Latitude
45.89611° or 45° 53′ 46″ north
Longitude
15.59833° or 15° 35′ 54″ east
Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)
Open location code
8FQQVHWX+C8
Geo­Names ID
3197204
Wiki­data ID
Q1126509
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Satellite Map

Discover Krka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Krka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر كركا”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Krka”
  • Basque: “Krka ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Крка (прыток Савы)”
  • Belarusian: “Крка”
  • Bosnian: “Krka”
  • Bulgarian: “Кърка”
  • Catalan: “riu Krka”
  • Catalan: “Riu Krka”
  • Cebuano: “Krka”
  • Chinese: “克爾卡河 (斯洛文尼亞)”
  • Chinese: “克爾卡河 (斯洛維尼亞)”
  • Chinese: “克爾卡河”
  • Croatian: “Krka”
  • Czech: “Krka”
  • Danish: “Krka”
  • Dutch: “Krka”
  • Finnish: “Krka”
  • French: “Krka”
  • Galician: “Río Krka, Eslovenia”
  • Galician: “Río Krka”
  • German: “Krainer Gurk”
  • German: “Krka”
  • Greek: “Κόρκα”
  • Hebrew: “קרקה”
  • Irish: “Krka”
  • Italian: “Krka”
  • Japanese: “クルカ川”
  • Ladin: “Krka”
  • Latvian: “Krka (upe)”
  • Latvian: “Krka”
  • Lithuanian: “Krka”
  • Macedonian: “Крка (Сава)”
  • Macedonian: “Крка”
  • Mingrelian: “კრკა (სლოვენია)”
  • Mingrelian: “კრკა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krka i Slovenia”
  • Norwegian: “Krka”
  • Polish: “Krka”
  • Romanian: “Krka (Sava)”
  • Romanian: “Krka”
  • Russian: “Крка”
  • Serbian: “Krka”
  • Serbian: “Крка”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Krka”
  • Slovenian: “Krka”
  • Slovenian: “Reka Krka”
  • Spanish: “Krka”
  • Spanish: “Rio Krka”
  • Spanish: “Río Krka”
  • Swedish: “Krka, Slovenien”
  • Swedish: “Krka”
  • Turkish: “Krka Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Крка”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Krka”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Krka”
  • “Krka”

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