Palčje lake
| Palčje lake | ||
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| View from the shore in northeast direction | ||
| Geographical location | North of Palčje | |
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 41 '8 " N , 14 ° 15' 15" E | |
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| surface | 1 km² | |
| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | 500 m | |
| volume | 1.5 million m³ (max.) | |
| Maximum depth | 25 m | |
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particularities |
Intermittent water |
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The Palčje Lake ( Slovenian Palško jezero ) is a seasonally dry still water in the Slovenian Karst region in the municipality of Pivka north of the eponymous village of Palčje .
The 1.5 km long and 0.5 km wide lake fills an oval shaped depression in the karst. Its bottom lies at an altitude between 543 and 557 m, the lake has steep banks. It is the largest of the lakes in the Pivka municipality, with an average maximum area of 1 km².
The bottom of the lake is at groundwater level, so the amount of water depends on the hydrological conditions. The lake usually fills up after heavy rains in late autumn and again in spring. On average, the sea area is filled for three months a year. The main tributary of the lake is the ponor of the Matija cave, from which the water flows from the Javornik hills to well up again from the sinkhole.
use
The lake is filled for a significant part of the year, so it cannot be used for agriculture. The grassy ground is used as pasture or mowed for part of the rest of the time. The cattle drive to the bottom of the lake usually begins at the end of July, when the remaining pastures in the area are exhausted. Garlic growing on the seabed changes the taste of the milk in such a way that the hay is used more as horse feed than for cattle.
From the end of the 18th to the middle of the 20th century, ice-making was an additional source of income - farmers from Pivka broke out the blocks of ice, kept them until spring and then transported them by horse and cart to Trieste , where they were in before the invention of the refrigerator Meat and fish shops and restaurants were needed. Women collected medicinal plants , mostly juniper berries , ribwort , common yarrow , thyme and others. Willow branches that grew around the lake were cut for basketry .
Abandoned military facilities in the neighborhood are evidence of the military use of the area. The wider area around the lakes of the municipality of Pivka was first used by the Austro-Hungarian army and later by the Italian armed forces and the Yugoslav People's Army . The residents were often compensated for military exercises. The military use was discontinued in 1991 and the damage to the seabed was repaired.
Today the lake and its surroundings form part of a Natura 2000 area. Hay mowing continues to this day and there are efforts to develop ecotourism and sustainable agriculture.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mulec J., A. Mihevc, Pipan T .: Intermittent lakes in the Pivka basin . In: Acta carsologica . 34, No. 3, 2005, pp. 543-565.
- ↑ a b c Ravbar N. & Šebela S .: The karst periodical lakes of Upper Pivka, Slovenia . In: Acta carsologica . 33, No. 1, 2004, pp. 159-173.
- ↑ " Palško jezero ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. " Pivka municipality. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ↑ a b c d Erjavec M. & Peršič M .: Living with the lake, living without the lake. An introduction into the research of the way of life by the intermittent karstic lakes Petelinjsko jezero and Palško jezero. . In: Acta carsologica . 34, No. 3, 2005, pp. 784-814.
