Daniel Rojšek, Danč - The Kožbanšček Brook

The Kožbanšček Brook
(45 pictures)

1953, 1 picture,  2003, 10 pictures,  2006, 4 pictures,  2010, 5 pictures,  2015, 3 pictures,
2017, 1 picture,  2018, 7 pictures,  2021, 4 pictures,  2023, 2 pictures,  2028, 8 pictures,
   all of them are 800 x 600 pixels in size.

Page, texts and photos copyright (c) Daniel Rojšek, Danč, 2003-2026,
except The Old Picture of Krčnik taken by Milko Matičetov and
copyrighted (c) by Slovenski etnografski muzej.

The Kožbanšček brook flows into the Soča river through the Reka brook and the Idrija and Ter rivers.
The brook springs in two branches, the left one with two tributaries near the Slapnik village and
the right one between the Brdce and the Brezovk villages.

The View of the Right Branch of the Spring Area

The Brdce on right side of picture and the Brezovk villages on the other side of the branch.
3^rd April, 2018.

The Upper Part of the Evorsion Channel Gorge in Hard Marl

The brook stands out from a naturalistic point of view with these evorsion channel gorge in marl,
the only ones known up to date in this rock in Slovenia.
The evorsion channel gorge are about 40 m long, up to 10 m wide and up to 15 m deep.
During droughts, the flow is very modest.
3^rd April, 2018.

The Lower Part of the Evorsion Channel Gorge in Hard Marl

3^rd April, 2018.

The Evorsion Channel Gorge in Hard Marl Before the Outlet Mouth

3^rd April, 2018.

The Outlet Mouth of the Evorsion Channel Gorge in Hard Marl

3^rd April, 2018.

The Middle Waterfall Step in the Evorsion Channel Gorge in Hard Marl

A three-step waterfall is about 9 m high and falls in the channel.
3^rd April, 2018.

A Pool Near the Kužini Homestead

Near the end of the left spring branch water formed a pool with steep and precipitous walls.
Water falls into it with a picturesque travertine waterfall.
There is a crack in the left wall before its end, where a small karst spring called Strujnca flows.
5^th April, 2015.

The Strujnca Small Karst Spring

5^th April, 2015.

The Mala korita - Evorsion Channel, the 1^st Picture

An extremely high flood on the night between Sunday, 16^th and Monday, 17^th November 2025,
revealed small evorsion channel approximately 250 m before the Krčnik.
This is how we see them from the road, they are about 20 m long, up to 5 m wide, the right wall is only up to 2 m high,
1^st February 2026.

The Mala korita - Evorsion Channel, the 2^nd Picture

Inflow mouth,
1^st February 2026.

The Mala korita - Evorsion Channel, the 3^rd Picture

Outflow mouth,
1^st February 2026.

The Rocky Bed of the Kožbanšček Brook Below the Proj Homestead

5^th April, 2015.

The Rock Barrier in the Bed of the Kožbanšček Brook Before the Krčnik,
the 1^st Picture

12^th February, 2017.

The Rock Barrier in the Bed of the Kožbanšček Brook Before the Krčnik,
the 2^nd Picture

The November flood of the year 2025 carved an interesting hole in the left bank,
1^st February 2026.

The Krčnik

View of the natural bridge and the Korita - Evorsion Channel Gorge, with the flow,
2^nd April, 2006.

The Old Picture of Krčnik

The same view as in the next picture, without the barrier, which was erected shortly after the photo was taken.
31^st July, 1953.
Source

The Krčnik

View of the pool, natural bridge and waterfall, against the flow,
2^nd April, 2006.

The Krčnik at High Water

At a the Neblo automatic hydrological station a discharge was 5.66 cubic meters per second at the time of taking picture,
5^th November, 2023.

The Krčnik

View of the pool at the outflow mouth, with the flow,
2^nd April, 2006.

The Krčnik

Liverleaf (Hepatica nobilis), wild garlic (Allium ursinum) and maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes),
2^nd April, 2006.

The Krčnik

Three-Leaved Bittercress (Cardamine trifolia),
2^nd April, 2006.

The Krčnik

Close view of buds and blossom of Three-Leaved Bittercress (Cardamine trifolia),
2^nd April, 2006.

The Krčnik

A rare winter scene in the embrace of snow, the first image,
Normally, the snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) already preparing to flowering in mid-December in the area. 18^th December, 2010.

The Krčnik

The second winter scene,
18^th December, 2010.

The Krčnik

The third winter scene,
18^th December, 2010.

The Outlet Mouth of the Krčnik

In the mouth travertine grows faster than erosion takes it away.
This is an exceptional natural phenomenon, as it is the only travertine at the bottom of an evorsion channel known in Slovenia.
24^th February, 2021.

View of the Krčnik from Above

Remnants of the extremely high flood during the night
between Sunday, 16^th and Monday, 17^th November 2025,
1^st February 2026.

Damaged Fence above the Inflow Mouth

1^st February 2026.

Washed Walls

1^st February 2026.

The First Picture of the Brookbed Beetwen the Krčnik and the Kotline

The brookbed is carved into the bedrock, is free of gravel, overgrown with moss, and covered with travertine, where water flows constantly. All this creates picturesque scenes.
14^th February, 2021.

The Second Picture of the Brookbed Beetwen the Krčnik and the Kotline

14^th February, 2021.

The Third Picture of the Brookbed Beetwen the Krčnik and the Kotline

14^th February, 2021.

The Kotline

The Kožbanšček brookbed just before the Kotline,
22^th May, 2010.

The Kotline

The first Kotlina (pool), against the flow,
22^th May, 2010.

The Kotline

View of the first and the second Kotlina (pool), with the flow,
22^th May, 2010.

The Kotline

All three pools, with the flow,
22^th May, 2010.

The Kotline at High Water

At a the Neblo automatic hydrological station a discharge was 5.66 cubic meters per second at the time of taking picture,
5^th November, 2023.

The Kotline

View of the left part of the second Kotlina (pool), with the flow,
22^th May, 2010.

The Kotline

View of the right part of the second and the third Kotlina (pool), with the flow,
22^th May, 2010.

The Kotline

All the Kotline, which were eroded by an extremely high flood during the night
between Sunday, 16^th, and Monday, 17^th November 2025,
1^st February 2026.

The Kotline

The third Kotlina and the fourth pool, carved out by the flood from the previous image,
1^st February 2026.

The Kotline

The second Kotlina (pool) in a snow, with the flow,
18^th December, 2010.

The Kotline

The second Kotlina (pool) in a snow, against the flow,
18^th December, 2010.

The Kotline

Smooth surface of cracked calcarenite (limestone sandstone),
22^th May, 2010.

The Kotline

Interestingly shaped layers of calcarenite,
22^th May, 2010.

The Kotline are popular bathing spot of youth of the Brda region, as well as the elderly like to refresh in warm water, which is heated by the summer Sun from morning to evening.
The pools are deep up to two and a half meters.

The View of the Evorsion Channel Gorge in the Right Branch of the Belski Potok

The Belski Potok is left tributary of the Kožbanšček.
The Potok is well preserved, we can talk about its conatural conditions.
3^rd April, 2018.

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