photo / foto: Bernard Veršič
ENG
The spring of Glijun, which arises at an elevation fo 430 m, is the largest and the most permanent water source in the area. Unlike most of the other water sources nearby, it never dries. Its underground karst drainage basin covers a large part of the central Kanin Mountain Range, particularly the Kanin Karst Plateau and the slopes beneath. It very quickly responds to rainfall as well as to intensive snow melting. Its water level is on average highest during the first warm period on the Kanin Mountain Range, usually in the first half of April.
SOME GLIJUN FACTS / NEKAJ PODATKOV:
Lowest discharge: 0,1 – 0,15 m3/s
Average discharge: 0,25 – 0,5 m3/s
Average water temperature / povprečna temperature vode: 6°C
SI
Izvir potoka Glijun, ki na dan prihaja na višini 430 m, je največji in najbolj stalen kraški izvir v okolici. Njegovo vodozbirno območje obsega večji del osrednjega kaninskega pogorja, zlasti Kaninske pode in pobočja pod njimi. Za razliko od večine ostalih kaninskih izvirov Glijun nikoli ne presahne. Zelo hitro se odziva na padavine in na močno pomladansko taljenje snega. Najbolj naraste ob prvi močnejši pomladanski otoplitvi na Kaninskem pogorju, običajno v prvi polovici aprila.
Reference: / Vir: Information board at the site of source / Info tabla ob izviru