Seasonal lakes of Pivka

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Full Lake Palško
Empty area of Lake Palško
Lake Palško is the largest among the Seasonal lakes of Pivka.
Top image: high water in December, after the autumn rains; bottom image: empty area in autumn, two months earlier.

Seasonal lakes of Pivka is a group of 17 seasonal lakes; the most well known are Lake Petelinje and Lake Palčje, which is the biggest of them at about 1.9 square kilometres (0.73 sq mi).[1][2] They are all located in Pivka Basin, Inner Carniola, Slovenia.[1] Lake Jeredovce, the northernmost lake, is in Municipality of Postojna, 10 of them (Krajnikov dol, Lake Petelinje, Lake Radohovo, Lake Klenik, Lake Palčje, Lake Parje, Major & Minor Lake Drskovče and Major & Minor Lake Zagorje) are in Municipality of Pivka and the southernmost 6 (Kljunov ribnik, Lake Kalec, Lake behind Kalec (Veliki dol), Lake Bač, Lake Lan and Lake Šembije) are in Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica, all of them are located at altitudes between 549 metres (1,801 ft) and 570 metres (1,870 ft).[2] There are also two areas (polje) that are only inundated during intense floods, so they are not officially considered Seasonal lakes of Pivka.

The lakes are situated on a rocky terrace in the Upper Pivka Basin at the foothills of the Javorniki range, rising above the Pivka riverbed. The terrace is dotted with a number of depressions with flat bottoms and sharp transitions at the banks, deep enough to reach the level of groundwater fluctuation. Thus, they are inundated after periods of stronger precipitation (late autumn and spring).[3]

List of lakes[edit]

There are total of 19 seasonal lakes, of which 17 are officially recognized. They are all listed from north to south in a table below:[3][4]

Name Elevation (m) Surface area (m2) Volume (m³) Frequency of inundation Coordinates Image
Bottom Average surface Max surface Average Max Average Max
Lake Jeredovce 537,5 542 90.197 113.428 rarely 45°43′46″N 14°12′55″E / 45.729490°N 14.215185°E / 45.729490; 14.215185
Krajnikov dol 537 540 21.513 18.849 rarely 45°43′09″N 14°12′30″E / 45.719075°N 14.208201°E / 45.719075; 14.208201
Lake Petelinje 532,2 541 545 647.157 736.341 4.128.712 6.891.976 often 45°42′24.69″N 14°13′33.82″E / 45.7068583°N 14.2260611°E / 45.7068583; 14.2260611
Lake Palčje 542,3 555 566 1.027.812 1.904.784 7.144.854 22.983.817 often 45°41′7.68″N 14°15′14.53″E / 45.6854667°N 14.2540361°E / 45.6854667; 14.2540361
Lake Klenik (Klenski dol) 544 545 547,5 3.689 36.830 1.330 57.565 rarely 45°40′45″N 14°13′28″E / 45.679230°N 14.224306°E / 45.679230; 14.224306
Lake Radohovo 534,2 535,6 536 7.455 15.519 14.221 22.434 often 45°40′31″N 14°12′19″E / 45.675273°N 14.205231°E / 45.675273; 14.205231
Lake Parje 538 540 542 29.798 37.231 46.060 114.594 often 45°40′02″N 14°13′29″E / 45.667099°N 14.224827°E / 45.667099; 14.224827
Minor Lake Drskovče 539,2 540 544 41.120 82.657 52.593 327.782 often 45°39′47″N 14°13′48″E / 45.663011°N 14.230118°E / 45.663011; 14.230118
Major Lake Drskoče 541,7 545 549 186.334 207.547 441.427 1.247.611 often 45°39′31″N 14°14′16″E / 45.658663°N 14.237718°E / 45.658663; 14.237718
Major Lake Zagorje 549 550 551 16.552 23.479 19.920 39.085 rarely 45°39′11″N 14°14′32″E / 45.653012°N 14.242114°E / 45.653012; 14.242114
Minor Lake Zagorje 544,2 548 548,5 39.425 44.552 83.100 103.768 often 45°39′05″N 14°14′09″E / 45.651476°N 14.235818°E / 45.651476; 14.235818
Lake behind Kalec

(Veliki dol za kalcem)

553,8 555 556 15.001 18.496 26.729 42.125 rarely 45°38′38″N 14°14′39″E / 45.643908°N 14.244197°E / 45.643908; 14.244197
Kljunov ribnik 549,5 551 551 784 784 80 80 often 45°38′35″N 14°14′23″E / 45.643181°N 14.239692°E / 45.643181; 14.239692
Lake Bač 560,4 562,5 568 32.531 86.250 64.648 392.551 rarely 45°38′33″N 14°15′25″E / 45.642401°N 14.256960°E / 45.642401; 14.256960
Lake Lan 570,2 572 12.384 19.308 rarely 45°38′30″N 14°15′37″E / 45.641655°N 14.260206°E / 45.641655; 14.260206
Čičko polje[* 1] 568,5 576,5 591.419 591.417 very rare 45°37′46″N 14°14′55″E / 45.629419°N 14.248502°E / 45.629419; 14.248502
Lake Kalec 553,8 555[* 2] 554,5 56.368[* 2] 16.280 26.813[* 2] 6.937 often 45°38′11″N 14°14′22″E / 45.636331°N 14.239513°E / 45.636331; 14.239513
Nariče[* 1] 571,1 573 78.092 82.966 very rare 45°36′10″N 14°15′25″E / 45.602804°N 14.256997°E / 45.602804; 14.256997
Lake Šembije 558,8 560 569,9 12.381 93.561 11.274 549.971 rarely 45°36′04″N 14°15′03″E / 45.601062°N 14.250922°E / 45.601062; 14.250922
  1. ^ a b Lake bacause of very rare activity ofiicially isn't a seasonal lake
  2. ^ a b c average water level was measured before the build of a drain canal which drastically decreased water level

Protection[edit]

First attempts to protect seasonal lakes date back to 1960s, but even after declaring Lake Petelinje and Lake Palčje as living natural monuments (class II) of national significance, they were still used for military purposes. In 1984, Municipality of Postojna issued a decree declaring Lake Palčje, Lake Petelinje and Minor & Major Lake Drskovče natural monuments and a decade later it expanded to 13 lakes. Despite this, the army still used Lake Palčje and Lake Petelinje, and other areas were becoming overgrown due to discontinuation of farming, so the area continued to degrade. Now, Lake Palčje and Lake Petelinje are protected as Natural Values of national significance, and other lakes as Natural Values of local significance. The lakes are also part of the Ecologically Important Area Snežnik-Pivka, the Special Protection Area Snežnik-Pivka, and the Conditionally Special Protection Area Javorniki-Snežnik.[5]

In 2014, Seasonal lakes of Pivka regional park was established, encompassing all lakes in the Municipality of Pivka.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Pivška presihajoča jezera | Opis". pivskajezera.si. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  2. ^ a b Vasilevska, Tanja (2007). Kulturna krajina presihajočih Pivških jezer kot bodoči krajinski park (PDF) (MSc). University of Nova Gorica.
  3. ^ a b Mulec, Janez; Mihevc, Andrej; Pipan, Tanja (2005). "Intermittent lakes of the Pivka Basin". Acta Carsologica. 34 (3): 543–565.
  4. ^ Kovačič, Gregor; Habič, Špela (4 August 2005). "Intermittent Karst lakes of Pivka Basin (SW SLovenia) during high waters in November 2000". Acta Carsologica. 34 (3): 619–649.
  5. ^ Cernatič Gregorič, Anica; Gorkič, Mirjam (2005). "Intermittent lakes of the Upper Pivka - Protection in time". Acta Carsologica. 34 (3): 815–828.
  6. ^ Popov, Jurij (2017-04-02). "Pivška presihajoča jezera – ogrlica 17 jezer" [Intermittent lakes of Pivka - a necklace of 17 lakes]. Radio Prvi (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  7. ^ "Odlok o Krajinskem parku Pivška presihajoča jezera". Uradni list. No. 43/2014. 2014-06-13. p. 4666.
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