The Cerknica Lake-Cerkniško Jezero, in a Strange Cloudy "Colored" Sunset; it Seems to Affirm the Classic "Calm after the Storm"; Internal Karst Region/Notranjska-Kraška Regija, Slovenija
29-May-2019: the Karstic "Ghost Lake" of Cerknica, Cérkniško jézero, has managed to cover almost entirely its basin of 38km2 after 13 months at minimum levels or even empty (except the small artificially embanked part) as, at times, between July 2018 and January 2019: so long dry periods are (or were?) a rarity for the decidely rainy Internal Karst Region that has annual accumulations of 1600l/m2 downstream, while 2000 to 3000l/m2 on the reliefs, especially in the south/east, Snežnik mountain area and in the north/west, Trnovski Gozd/Trnovo Forest.
The sinkholes collect all the water in dry periods, where it persists in the subsoil, turning into resurgences when, with abundant rains, the underground layers have filled up and the water has overflowed, with a typical noise, through these swarming springs.
The rest is done by the 2 main tributaries streams of the lake, namely Stržen or, recently(?), Jezerščica (from Loška Dolina) and Cerkniščica (from Bloke Plateau), which last is the main one.
The Cerknica Lake-Cerkniško Jezero, in a Strange Cloudy "Colored" Sunset; it Seems to Affirm the Classic "Calm after the Storm"; Internal Karst Region/Notranjska-Kraška Regija, Slovenija
29-May-2019: the Karstic "Ghost Lake" of Cerknica, Cérkniško jézero, has managed to cover almost entirely its basin of 38km2 after 13 months at minimum levels or even empty (except the small artificially embanked part) as, at times, between July 2018 and January 2019: so long dry periods are (or were?) a rarity for the decidely rainy Internal Karst Region that has annual accumulations of 1600l/m2 downstream, while 2000 to 3000l/m2 on the reliefs, especially in the south/east, Snežnik mountain area and in the north/west, Trnovski Gozd/Trnovo Forest.
The sinkholes collect all the water in dry periods, where it persists in the subsoil, turning into resurgences when, with abundant rains, the underground layers have filled up and the water has overflowed, with a typical noise, through these swarming springs.
The rest is done by the 2 main tributaries streams of the lake, namely Stržen or, recently(?), Jezerščica (from Loška Dolina) and Cerkniščica (from Bloke Plateau), which last is the main one.