| Mirna | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Reka_Mirna,_Mirnski_ribnik.jpg) The Mirna River at Mirna Castle, before the confluence with Vejar Creek (downstream view). Mirna Pond to the right is a dammed pond on Vejar Creek. | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sava |
• coordinates | 46°00′30″N 15°17′39″E / 46.0082°N 15.2941°E |
| Length | 44 km (27 mi) [1] |
| Basin size | 294 km2 (114 sq mi) [1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea |
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The Mirna is a river in southeastern Slovenia. The river is a right tributary of the Sava River in the province of Lower Carniola. It is 44 kilometers (27 mi) long,[1] starts below the settlement of Velika Preska,[2] flows through the Mirna Valley and joins the Sava at Dolenji Boštanj, opposite Sevnica.
The largest settlement on the river is the town of Mirna. The river is traversed by the Sevnica–Trebnje Railway. The river was mentioned for the first time in 1028 in relation to a 1016 document by Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor.[3]
Mirna is the river in which the marathon swimmer Martin Strel first learned to swim.[4]
- ^ a b c Rivers, longer than 25 km, and their catchment areas, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Nose, Mojca (2006). Regionalna geografija občine Trebnje s poudarkom na prsti in rastlinstvu: diplomsko delo [Regional Geography of the Municipality of Trebnje with Emphasis on the Soil and Vegetation] (PDF) (in Slovenian and English). Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. pp. 30–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.
- ^ "O Mirni" [About Mirna] (in Slovenian). Municipality of Mirna. 15 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "At age 47, and with Huck Finn in his heart, Slovenian Martin Strel became the first man to swim -- yes, swim -- the Mississippi". CNN. Archived from the original on September 25, 2002.