Slovensko The Kožbanšček Brook
(35 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,
all of them are 800 x 600 pixels in size.

Page, texts and photos copyright (c) Daniel Rojšek, Danč, 2003-2025,
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.
3rd 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.
3rd April, 2018.


The Lower Part of the Evorsion Channel Gorge in Hard Marl


3rd April, 2018.


The Evorsion Channel Gorge in Hard Marl Before the Outlet Mouth


3rd April, 2018.


The Outlet Mouth of the Evorsion Channel Gorge in Hard Marl


3rd 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.
3rd April, 2018.


A Pool Below the Podpoznik 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.
5th April, 2015.


The Strujnca Small Karst Spring


5th April, 2015.


The Rocky Bed of the Kožbanšček Brook Below the Proj Homestead


5th April, 2015.


The Rock Barrier in the Bed of the Kožbanšček Brook Before the Krčnik


12th February, 2017.


The First Picture of Krčnik


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


The Old Picture of Krčnik


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


The Second Picture of Krčnik


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


The Third Picture of Krčnik


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


The Forth Picture of Krčnik


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


The Fifth Picture of Krčnik


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


The Sixt Picture of Krčnik


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


The Seventh Picture of Krčnik


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


The Eight Picture of Krčnik


The second winter scene,
18th December, 2010.


The Ninth Picture of Krčnik


The third winter scene,
18th 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.
24th February, 2021.


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.
14th February, 2021.


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


14th February, 2021.


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


14th February, 2021.


The First Picture of Kotline


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


The Second Picture of Kotline


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


The Third Picture of Kotline


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


The Forth Picture of Kotline


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


The Fifth Picture of Kotline


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


The Sixt Picture of Kotline


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


The Seventh Picture of Kotline


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


The Eight Picture of Kotline


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


The Ninth Picture of Kotline


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


The Tenth Picture of Kotline


Interestingly shaped layers of calcarenite,
22th 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.
3rd April, 2018.




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