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Soča Valley

Soča or Isonzo is a 138-kilometre long river that flows through western and northeastern . An river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the in northwestern Slovenia, at an elevation of 876 metres.
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  • Type: main stem
  • Description: Slovenian-Italian river
  • Also known as: “Isonzo”, “Soca”, and “Soča”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sabotin and Sveta Gora.

Peak
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is 609-metre-high mountain ridge overlooking , , and on the border between Slovenia and Italy. At its foot stands the spanning the Soča River.

Peak
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is a settlement in western in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It encompasses Holy Mount, above the Soča Valley and southwest of the .

Bridge
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The is a 219.7-meter arch bridge over the Soča River near in western . With an arch span of 85 meters, it is the world's longest stone arch railroad bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nova Gorica and Gorizia.

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is a town in on the Italian border. The neighbouring town of is in Italy and is approximately 5 minutes walk from the centre of .

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is a town and municipality in the autonomous region of of northeast . It is located at the foot of the , bordering .

Village
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is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western , at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.

Soča Valley

Latitude
45.9944° or 45° 59′ 40″ north
Longitude
13.6414° or 13° 38′ 29″ east
Open location code
8FQMXJVR+QH
Wiki­data ID
Q202760
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Soča Valley” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيزونتسو”
  • Arabic: “سوتشا”
  • Aragonese: “Isonzo”
  • Aragonese: “Río Isoncio”
  • Aragonese: “Río Isonzo”
  • Aragonese: “Río Soncio”
  • Aragonese: “Soča”
  • Aragonese: “Soncio”
  • Armenian: “Իզոանցո”
  • Armenian: “Սոչա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Soça”
  • Basque: “Isonzo”
  • Belarusian: “Ізонца”
  • Belarusian: “Соча”
  • Bosnian: “Soča”
  • Bulgarian: “Изонцо”
  • Bulgarian: “Соча”
  • Catalan: “Isonzo”
  • Catalan: “Lusinç”
  • Catalan: “Riu Isonzo”
  • Catalan: “Riu Soča-Isonzo”
  • Catalan: “Riu soca”
  • Catalan: “Riu Soča”
  • Catalan: “Soča”
  • Catalan: “Sontius”
  • Cebuano: “Fiume Isonzo”
  • Chinese: “索查河”
  • Croatian: “Isonzo”
  • Croatian: “Soča”
  • Czech: “Isonzo”
  • Czech: “Soča”
  • Danish: “Soča”
  • Dutch: “Isonzo”
  • Dutch: “Lusinc”
  • Dutch: “Lusinç”
  • Dutch: “Soca (rivier)”
  • Dutch: “Soca-Isonzo”
  • Dutch: “Soča-Isonzo”
  • Dutch: “Soča”
  • Esperanto: “Isonzo”
  • Esperanto: “Soĉa”
  • Estonian: “Soča”
  • Finnish: “Soča”
  • French: “Isonzo”
  • French: “Soca”
  • Friulian: “Isuns”
  • Friulian: “Lisunç”
  • Friulian: “Lusinç”
  • Friulian: “Lusins”
  • Galician: “Río Isonzo”
  • German: “Isonzo”
  • German: “Soča”
  • German: “Sontig”
  • Greek: “Αισόντιος”
  • Hebrew: “איזונצו”
  • Hebrew: “סוצ’ה”
  • Hungarian: “Isonzó”
  • Italian: “Fiume Isonzo”
  • Italian: “Isonzo”
  • Italian: “Soča”
  • Japanese: “Isonzo”
  • Japanese: “Soca”
  • Japanese: “Soča”
  • Japanese: “イゾンツォ川”
  • Japanese: “ソカ川”
  • Korean: “소차강”
  • Ladin: “Soča”
  • Lao: “ໂຊກາ”
  • Latin: “Aesontium”
  • Latin: “Aesontius”
  • Latin: “Sontius”
  • Lithuanian: “Soča”
  • Lombard: “Isonz”
  • Lombard: “Isunz”
  • Macedonian: “Изонцо”
  • Macedonian: “Соча”
  • Mingrelian: “სოჩა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Isonzo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Soča”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isonzo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Soča”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sontig”
  • Norwegian: “Isonzo”
  • Ossetian: “Изонцо”
  • Ossetian: “Сочæ”
  • Persian: “سوچا”
  • Polish: “Isonzo”
  • Polish: “Soča”
  • Polish: “Socza”
  • Portuguese: “Isonzo”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Isonzo”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Soča”
  • Portuguese: “Soča”
  • Romanian: “Isonzo”
  • Russian: “Изонцо”
  • Russian: “Соча”
  • Serbian: “Isonzo”
  • Serbian: “Soča”
  • Serbian: “Река Соча”
  • Serbian: “Соча”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Soča”
  • Slovenian: “Isonzo”
  • Slovenian: “Lusinç”
  • Slovenian: “Soča”
  • Spanish: “Isonzo”
  • Spanish: “Rio Isonzo”
  • Spanish: “Río Isonzo”
  • Spanish: “Rio Soca”
  • Spanish: “Rio Soča”
  • Spanish: “Río Soca”
  • Spanish: “Río Soča”
  • Spanish: “Soca”
  • Spanish: “Soča”
  • Swahili: “Isonzo”
  • Swedish: “Isonzo”
  • Swedish: “Soča”
  • Swiss German: “Isonzo”
  • Swiss German: “Soca”
  • Swiss German: “Soča”
  • Turkish: “Soča Nehri”
  • Turkish: “Soça Nehri”
  • Turkish: “Soča”
  • Turkish: “Soça”
  • Ukrainian: “Соча”
  • Venetian: “Isonso”
  • Venetian: “Isonzo”
  • Venetian: “Isonzso”
  • Venetian: “Ixonso”
  • Venetian: “Ixónso”
  • Venetian: “Ixonzso”
  • Venetian: “Ixónzso”
  • Venetian: “Lisonz”
  • Vietnamese: “Isonzo”
  • Vietnamese: “Soča”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Isonzo”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng Isonzo”

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