The Skaručna Basin (pronounced [skaˈɾuːtʃna]; Slovene: Skaruško polje) is part of the Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia.[1]

The Skaručna Basin at Selo pri Vodicah

Geography

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The Skaručna Basin has a characteristic mixed cultural landscape, with meadows, tilled fields, pastures, watercourses, vegetation corridors, hedgerows, isolated hills, and settlements on the edge of the floodplain.[2] Graben Creek starts at Loess Pond (Slovene: Phliški bajer or Puhliški bajer,[3] also known as Koseze Pond, Koseški bajer[4]) in the northeast part of the basin; the pond is a former clay pit created about 200 years ago where ice was also harvested until the First World War.[4] Graben Creek runs along the southeast edge of the basin, fed by Brodnek Spring, Smrekar Spring (Slovene: Smrekarjev studenec), and Štefan Spring (Slovene: Štefanov studenec) The basin includes the settlements of Vojsko, Skaručna, Vesca, Selo pri Vodicah, and Šinkov Turn.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Lipovšek-Hrga, Nataša. 1991. Skaruško polje sredi Ljubljanske kotline s poudarkom na vodni oskrbi. Bachelor's thesis. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za geografijo.
  2. ^ Odlok o občinskem porstorskem načrtu Občine Vodice. 2014. Uradno glasilo Občine Vodice no. 1 (29 January), p. 12.
  3. ^ Po poti dveh bajerev. (in Slovene)
  4. ^ a b Phliški bajer.
  5. ^ Frišek, Anja, 2008. Strokovne podlage za Krajinski park Dobeno. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za geografijo, p. 12.
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46°09′30″N 14°30′15″E / 46.15833°N 14.50417°E / 46.15833; 14.50417