Obrh Creek () is a losing stream that originates and terminates in the Lož Karst Field in the Municipality of Loška Dolina. It is a watercourse in the Ljubljanica watershed. It is created by the confluence of Little Obrh Creek () and Big Obrh Creek (); the latter is fed by two tributaries: Brežiček Creek and Viševek Brežiček Creek (). The confluence, at which point it is simply named Obrh, lies west of the village of Pudob.Komac, Blaž, Karel Natek, & Matija Zorn. 2008. Geografski vidiki poplav v Sloveniji (= Geografija Slovenije 20). Ljubljana: ZRC, p. 85. In the northwest, limestone part of the karst field, Obrh Creek starts to drain into many sinkholes, and higher water flows into Golobina Cave. The stream re-emerges at the spring of the Stržen River to the northwest on the southeast edge of the Cerknica Karst Field.Gunn, John (ed.). 2004. Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, p. 430.Shaw, Trevor R. 2008. Foreign Travellers in the Slovene Karst: 1486–1900. Ljubljana: ZRC, p. 32.
Name The name Obrh comes from the Slovene common noun obrh, referring to a powerful karst spring that usually surfaces below a cliff, creating a small deep lake that flows into a valley. The noun is originally a fused prepositional phrase, *ob vьrxъ 'at the summit' (i.e., at the highest point of the watercourse).
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Obrh Creek on Geopedija