The Ghost/Karstic Lake of Cerknica Returns to Fill Its Vast Impermeable Grassy Basin/Polje Thanks to the Abundant Rainfall in the First Part of Autumn 2023; Internal Karst Region, Cerknica, Notranjska, Slovenija
26-October-2023
This is the little area of the western sinkholes at the foot of Mount Škalun (1106m a.s.l., Javorniki), transformed into resurgences with the filling of the aquifers, and covered by water.
The Cerknica basin is approximately 40km2 wide, 38 of which can be submerged by water during periods of heavy, prolonged, repeated and frequent rains!
The maximum size has not been reached for many years, but once the water arrives from all sides it is quite easy (generally for a short time) to cover the entire plain which has the same altitude.
Cerknica town and villages are all built a few meters above this limit, precisely because the flood phases are recurrent and it has been seen that, beyond a certain limit, the permeable calcareous soil resumes and therefore the water (except for very rare extreme occasions) begins to be absorbed before reaching the homes.
The Ghost/Karstic Lake of Cerknica Returns to Fill Its Vast Impermeable Grassy Basin/Polje Thanks to the Abundant Rainfall in the First Part of Autumn 2023; Internal Karst Region, Cerknica, Notranjska, Slovenija
26-October-2023
This is the little area of the western sinkholes at the foot of Mount Škalun (1106m a.s.l., Javorniki), transformed into resurgences with the filling of the aquifers, and covered by water.
The Cerknica basin is approximately 40km2 wide, 38 of which can be submerged by water during periods of heavy, prolonged, repeated and frequent rains!
The maximum size has not been reached for many years, but once the water arrives from all sides it is quite easy (generally for a short time) to cover the entire plain which has the same altitude.
Cerknica town and villages are all built a few meters above this limit, precisely because the flood phases are recurrent and it has been seen that, beyond a certain limit, the permeable calcareous soil resumes and therefore the water (except for very rare extreme occasions) begins to be absorbed before reaching the homes.