The Mrzlca Brook
The Mrzlca Brook
Slapovanje - Waterfalling
36 pictures:
2002, 12,
2003, 21 of 600 x 400 and
2016, 3 of 800 x 600 pixels in size.
Photo and (c) Daniel Rojšek, 2002-2016.
Waterfalls were measured with a tape measure or rope.
Slopes of the falls were not measured.
The Waterfall above Ikmenc
The waterfall is 8 m high.
Ikmenc is a toponym in a
valley where a forest trail passes the Mrzlica brook.
The Waterfall below Ikmenc
The waterfall is 10 m high.
The Waterfall below Ikmenc
sunshine + drizzle = rainbow
The Slap zagozdene skale - Waterfall of wedged rock
The waterfall is 9 m high.
A beech tree on a roof above the Sopota
sopot = whooper.
- is Slovene universal name for a waterfall
between 1.5 and 4.99 m high,
from Slovene verb sopsti = to whoop;
- means water which whoops = whooper.
Sopot - is a name of such phenomenon.
The waterfall of wedged rock,
The Sopota below the roof and
lower pool
The first sopot is 3 m high, and 2 m the second one.
The Žlebnik - Gulleter and pool in Korita
The waterfall is 25 m high.
Žlebnik is a name of the waterfall,
named after characteristical gullet,
žleb in Slovene.
Korita means in Slovene:
- korita universal name of a typ of rocky
river/brook bed, developed by evorsion and
- Korita a toponym of such typ of the bed.
Slap pod Žlebnikom is a 6 m high waterfall between the Žlebnik and the Drčar.
The orifice of Žlebnik
The orifice of Žlebnik and its pool
The Drčar - Chuter in Korita
The waterfall is 22 m high. Tiger's eye, pool in Korita
Slap nad sigovim oknom is 18 m high and
Slap pod sigovim oknom is 6 m high between the
Drčar and the
Kotlar.
The Kotlar in Korita
The waterfall is 27 m high. The Venerin slap - Venus' waterfall
The waterfall is 5 m high. The Vrtinčar - Swiveler
The waterfall is 12 m high. The Struga med tolmunom Vrtinčarja in
The brookbed between a pool of
the Vrtinčar waterfall and
the rapid named Drča zagozdne skale -
Chute of wedged rock
is very picturesque.
The rapid was named after characteristical chute below
big wedged rock.
The Brizgač - Gusher
The waterfall is 6 m high. The Val - Wave
The Ustje Slapa zagozdenih hlodov -
The Slap zagozdenih hlodov in spodnja Korita -
The waterfall is 10 m high.
The spodnja Korita - lower Korita
View from Korita towards sky. The Dvojni Es - Double S
Gouge near orifice of the highest waterfall of the Mrzlica.
The water turns twice among falling. The Dvojni Es - Double S
Evorsion pots - kamenitzas near the orifice of Double S. The Dvojni Es - Double S
The last evorsion pot in the orifice of Double S, where water
stops for a while before falling into depth.
The Dvojni Es - Double S
View from passage into the second S on huge pool and the Četvorček - Four strands waterfall orifice. The Dvojni Es - Double S
View on huge pool and lower S from the Četvorček - Four strands waterfall orifice. The Četvorček - Four strands waterfall
View on the Četvorček - Four strands waterfall orifice from huge rocks near pool. The Četvorček - Four strands waterfall
The fourth less distinct strand of the waterfall hides
itself in the
halfshadow, on the right hand side of the picture.
The First Picture of Dvojni Es and Četvorček - Double S and Četvorček
The Dvojni Es is 42 m and Četvorček is 26 m high. The Second Picture of Dvojni Es and Četvorček - Double S and Četvorček
There is no double S during high water, because all of the water is falling in a strong jet, as well as at Četvorčk
the right strands merge into one. The First Picture of Obročar - Hooper
Obročar is a name of the waterfall,
named after characteristical hoop,
obroč in Slovene. The Second Picture of Obročar - Hooper
View from above on gravel hoop. The Third Picture of Obročar - Hooper
On the left side of the picture we see the flood overflow, where the water falls into several strands.
There is no trace of gravel hoop during such discharge as seen in the picture.
The First Picture of Osamljeni dvojček - Lonely Twin
View from side on permanent
waterfall, twin is falling only after rainfall. The Second Picture of Osamljeni dvojček - Lonely Twin
View from above on pool and the lowest part of the
permanent twin. The Third Picture of Osamljeni dvojček - Lonely Twin
Twin at high water is not lonely as the water falls over both strands.
The Drčar waterfall was
named after characteristical chute,
drča in Slovene.
Korita has been widened here
into characteristical boilerlike basin,
kotel in Slovene.
The waterfall was named after
the Black Maidenhair or Southern Maidenhair or
Venus' hair fern (Adiantum veneris-capillus L.)
growing site in neighbourhood.
It was named
after characteristical swiveling of falling water.
Drčo zagozdne skale -
Brookbed between a pool of the Vrtinčar waterfall and
the Drča zagozdne skale - Chute of wedged rock 
The waterfall was named
after characteristical gushing of falling water.
The orifice of the Waterfall of wedged logs
Waterfall of wedged logs and lower Korita
View on the waterfalls and
outlet mouth of lower Korita
from the left hand side steep slope of the Mrzlica gorge.
View to the waterfalls from the the left slope of the gorge.
- 23rd of July, 2002 by
Andrej Bandelj and
- 24th of July, 2003 by
Andrej Bandelj, Bogdan and Pan Kladnik and
- 3rd of August, 2003 and 3rd of January, 2004 by Katja Kogej and
- 16th of September, 2003 by
Andrej Bandelj and Bogdan Kladnik and
all the times also the signatured one.