Lake Bohinj

Lake Bohinj is located in a glacially formed lake basin and holds almost 100 million cubic metres of water. According to the old Bohinj joke, only enough for one " bucket", if it is big enough. The lake basin, which descends steeply, is unbroken and almost free of shallows. The flowing lake warms up to 24°C at the surface in summer and often freezes in winter. The water level rises by more than 3 m during heavy rainfall.

Lake Bohinj is the largest permanent and natural lake in Slovenia, located in the Julian Alps in the north-west of the country. The main tributary of the lake is the Savica River, which in the western part of the lake basin pierces through moraines and flows into the lake at Ukanc. The lake is a flowing lake - the Jezernica flows out of the lake and after less than 100 m, together with the Mostnica, which flows in from Voje on the left, forms the Sava Bohinjka. Along the northern edge of the lake are several underwater karst springs, the most famous of which is Govic.