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Confluence point Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/30/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

At the beginning (end) of Kranjska Gora is an interesting and mistery place. Place of wildernes, water, striking views and the confluence of the rivers Sava Dolinka and Pišnica. There is where we want you to go to find this little cache. On the right side of river Sava and on the left side of river Pišnica


Sava:
The Sava is a river in Central Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia, along the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina, through Serbia, discharging into the Danube in Belgrade. Its central part is a natural border of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. The Sava forms the northern border of the Balkan Peninsula, and southern edge of the Pannonian Plain.

The Sava is 990 kilometres (615 miles) long, including the 45-kilometre (28 mi) Sava Dolinka headwater rising in Zelenci, Slovenia. It is the greatest tributary of the Danube by volume of water, and second-largest after Tisza in terms of catchment area (97,713 square kilometres (37,727 square miles)) and length. It drains a significant portion of the Dinaric Alps region, through the major tributaries of Drina, Bosna, Kupa, Una, Vrbas, Lonja, Kolubara, Bosut and Krka. The Sava is one of the longest rivers in Europe and among a handful of European rivers of that length that do not drain directly into a sea.

The population in the Sava River basin is estimated at 8,176,000, and it connects three national capitals — Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade. The Sava is navigable for larger vessels from the confluence of the Kupa River in Sisak, Croatia, approximately two-thirds of its length.

Pišnica:
Pišnica (also Pišenca) is a mountain stream, which in Kranjska Gora flows into the Sava Dolinka. It runs through the heart of Triglav National Park. Formed by the two arms of origin, Pišnica Great and Small Pišnica that join at the artificial lake Jasna near the road to the mountain pass Vršič (not far from Kranjska Gora). At the confluence of the smaller natural canyon and hydroelectric power plant. The water of this mountain stream is in the summer time extremely cold (5-10 ° C), whereas predominantly of glacial origin.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Sebz Pvpner cnff gur zrnqbj naq jnyx gb gur pbasyhrapr bs evire Fnin Qbyvaxn naq Cvšavpn. Pnpur vf uvqqra ba gur rqtr nobir evire Fnin Qbyvaxn. Ybbx sbe evire juvgr fgbarf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)