Iška

Iška
The Iška Gorge
Location
Country	Slovenia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bloke Plateau
• elevation	760 m (2,490 ft) [1]
Mouth
• location	Ljubljanica
• coordinates	45.9999°N 14.4675°E / 45.9999; 14.4675
• elevation	287 m (942 ft) [1]
Length	31 km (19 mi) [1]
Basin size	86 km^2 (33 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Ljubljanica→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Iška (pronounced [ˈiːʃka]) is a river of central Slovenia. Part of the river valley—the Iška Gorge^[2] or Iška Canyon^[3] (Slovene: Iški vintgar)—separates Lower Carniola from Inner Carniola.^{[2]: 82 [4]} The river is 31 km (19 mi) long.^[1] After flowing past Strahomer, the river follows an almost straight line and joins the Ljubljanica River, and therefore belongs to the Sava and Black Sea basins.

Name

The name Iška developed from the denominal adjective *Ižьska(ja) (voda) 'Ig (Creek)', derived from the toponym Ig, which was a regional name during the Middle Ages. The etymology of the name Ig is uncertain. It may be connected with the Slovene common noun igo 'yoke' (referring to the course of the river) or to the Slovene common noun iva 'goat willow' (through borrowing into and then from German), or it may derive from a pre-Slavic substratum.^[5]

History

The part of the river between Iška Vas and Strahomer disappeared underground during the 2010 Slovenia floods, on the night of 20 September 2010.^[6]

References

1. Rivers, longer than 25 km, and their catchment areas, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Strgar, Vinko. 1966. "Prispevek k poznavanju rastlinstva v soteski Iške / A Contribution to Our Knowledge of the Vegetation of the Iška Gorge." Varstvo narave 5: 81–95.
3. Kušar, Domen. 2008. "The Impact of Natural Disasters on Buildings' Architectural Styles." Acta geographica Slovenica 48(1): 93-120, p. 101.
4. Ljubljansko barje krajinski park. Iški vintgar. (in Slovene)
5. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 167–168.
6. "Izginila je reka Iška" [Iška River Disappears] (in Slovenian). Siol Slovenija. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

External links

• Media related to Iška at Wikimedia Commons
• Condition of the Iška - graphs of water level and flow data for the past 30 days (taken in Iška Vas by ARSO)