Dobličica


The Dobličica is a stream in White Carniola. It is part of a karst aquifer. Due to its geological and hydrological characteristics and urbanization of the area, it is considered sensitive and subject to pollution.

Geography

The Dobličica has its source in the eastern foothills of Mount Poljane at Lake Dobliče, which is across and up to deep. The bed of the lake is covered with large boulders, among which karst water flows from two depressions. A karst spring with a constant flow feeds the lake, with an outflow in a broad but shallow channel. The upper part of the stream bed is rocky mixed with sand, and the banks are loamy. Soon after the source, another spring adds its water to the flow from the lake. The channel is bordered by typical riverside vegetation and meanders through meadows before being joined by another stream, the Potok, and emptying into the Lahinja River at Črnomelj. The Dobličica and the Lahinja surround the old town center of Črnomelj on three sides.
A catchwater for the White Carniola water system was created near the lake in 1958.

Black olm

In 1986, members of the Slovenian Karst Research Institute discovered black olms during experimental pumping at the lake.