Dragonja
Dragonja | |
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Koper) | |
• elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft) [1] |
Sečovlje Saltpans | |
• coordinates | 45°28′42″N 13°35′10″E / 45.47833°N 13.58611°E |
Length | 30 km (19 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 95.6 km2 (36.9 sq mi) |
The Dragonja (pronounced
Course
The river is the third-longest river in Istria, after the
The Dragonja originates from several sources in the Šavrin Hills and flows west to the Gulf of Piran, part of the northern Adriatic Sea.[3] It is joined by two larger tributaries from the right side (Rokava and the Drnica Creeks) and one larger tributary from the left side (Poganja Creek).[3]
The
Name
The Dragonja River was first attested in written sources as Argao (ablative Argaone),[7] and in later sources as Argaone (in 670), per Argaonem (in 1035), Dragugne (in 1100), and super flumine Dragone (in 1389). The modern Slovene and Italian names (with initial D-) are derived from Slavic *Dorgon’a, from Romance d- (< ad 'at') + Argaon- (with metathesis). Ultimately, the name is of pre-Romance origin, presumably based on the Proto-Indo-European root *h2arg’- 'shining'.[8][9]
Non-linguistic accounts explain the name as based on the meandering course of the river, resembling a dragon (Italian: drago).[3]
Territorial dispute
In the lower reaches of the Dragonja, there is a territorial dispute between Slovenia and
References
- ^ a b c Rivers, longer than 25 km, and their catchment areas, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Brečko Grubar, Valentina; Kovačič, Gregor (2010). "Pokrajinskoekološka oznaka jadranskega povodja v Sloveniji s poudarkom na kakovosti vodnih virov" [Landscape Ecological Characterization of the Adriatic Sea Basin in Slovenia with an Emphasis on Water Resource Quality]. Annales. Series historia et sociologia (in Slovenian). 20 (1): 153–168.
- ^ a b c d e Trobec, Tanja. "Dragonja" [The Dragonja]. In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Golež, Gregor; Podjed, Dan; Kladnik, Drago; Erhartič, Bojan; Pavlin, Primož; Ines, Jerele (eds.). Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI [Encyclopedia of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Slovenia] (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ISSN 1854-3758. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2010-12-17.
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- ^ a b Krivograd Klemenčič, Aleksandra; Vrhovšek, Danijel; Smolar-Žvanut, Nataša (31 March 2007). "Microplanktonic and Microbenthic Algal Assemblages in the Coastal Brackish Lake Fiesa and the Dragonja Estuary (Slovenia)". Natura Croatica. 16 (1). Croatian Natural History Museum.
- ^ Kos, Milko. 1985. Srednjeveška zgodovina Slovencev. Ljubljana: Slovenska matica Ljubljana, p. 137.
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 121–122.
- ^ Bezlaj, France. 1967. Eseji o slovenskem jeziku. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 81.
- doi:10.3986/AGS48205. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Drnovšek: Granica na Dragonji ako se uvaži sporazum s Račanom" [Drnovšek: The border is at Dragonja if Račan agreement is respected] (in Croatian). Index.hr. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ISSN 1331-2294. Retrieved 15 October 2012.