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The Soca (in Slovene) or Isonzo (in Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
) or Lusinç (in Friulian
Friulian language

Friulian is a Romance languages belonging to the Rhaetian languages family, spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy. Friulian has around 600,000 speakers, the vast majority of whom also speak Italian....
) or Sontig (in old German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
; Latin Aesontius or Sontius) is a 140 km long river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 that flows through Western Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
 and North-Eastern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. An Alpine
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
 river in character, its source lies in the Trenta
Trenta

Trenta is a town and comune of 2,616 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy....
 valley in the Julian Alps
Julian Alps

The Julian Alps are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from north-eastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 metres at the Triglav mountain....
 of Slovenia at around 1100 metres of altitude. The river runs past Slovenia's highest peak, Triglav
Triglav

Triglav is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the Julian Alps. While its name, meaning "three-headed", can describe its shape as seen from the valley of Bohinj, the mountain may have been named after the Slavic god Triglav , although this hypothesis remains disputed, as the deity is not well understood and it is not documented whether it...
 (2864 m) before heading south past the towns of Bovec
Bovec

Bovec is a small alpine town in northwestern Slovenia. Bovec lies in the Bovec basin in the Soca valley below the Kanin mountains in the Julian Alps....
, Kobarid
Kobarid

Kobarid is a town and a municipality in the upper Soca River valley, western Slovenia, near the Italy border.Kobarid is known for the famous Battle of Caporetto, where the Italian retreat was documented by Ernest Hemingway in his novel A Farewell to Arms....
, Tolmin
Tolmin

Tolmin is a small town and municipality in the Slovenian Littoral region of Slovenia....
, Kanal ob Soci
Kanal ob Soci

Kanal ob Soci is a town and Municipalities of Slovenia in Slovenia, established in 1995 by secession from Nova Gorica.The town itself is an important crossing point over the River Soca River....
, Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica

Nova Gorica is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the Italy border. Nova Gorica is a new town, built in 1948, when the Treaty of peace with Italy established a new border between Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Italy, leaving nearby Gorizia outside the borders of Yugoslavia and thus decapitating the area of the...
 (where it is crossed by the Solkan Bridge
Solkan Bridge

Solkan Bridge is a 220 meters long stone bridge over the river Soca near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. It was built between 1900 and 1906....
) and Gorizia
Gorizia

Gorizia is a town in northeastern Italy, at the foot of the Alps and bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, and is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce....
, entering the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges....
 close to the Italian town of Monfalcone
Monfalcone

Monfalcone is a town and comune of the province of Gorizia , located on the coast of the Gulf of Trieste.It is a major industrial centre for manufacturing ships, airplanes, textiles, chemicals and refined oil....
.

The Soca Valley was the stage of major military operations including twelve battles
Battles of the Isonzo

"Battles of the Isonzo" were a series of 12 battles between the Austria-Hungary and Italy armies in World War I. They were fought along the Isonzo River on the eastern sector of the Italian Front between June 1915 and November 1917....
 on the Italian front
Italian Campaign (World War I)

The Italian campaign refers to a series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Kingdom of Italy , along with their allies, in northern Italy between 1915 and 1918....
 in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 between May 1915 and November 1917 in which over 300,000 Austro-Hungarian and Italian soldiers lost their lives.

Some people in Slovenia call the river "the Emerald Beauty" because of its emerald
Emerald

Emeralds are a variety of the mineral beryl colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a Hardness of 7.5 - 8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness....
 green waters.






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The Soca (in Slovene) or Isonzo (in Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
) or Lusinç (in Friulian
Friulian language

Friulian is a Romance languages belonging to the Rhaetian languages family, spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy. Friulian has around 600,000 speakers, the vast majority of whom also speak Italian....
) or Sontig (in old German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
; Latin Aesontius or Sontius) is a 140 km long river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 that flows through Western Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
 and North-Eastern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. An Alpine
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
 river in character, its source lies in the Trenta
Trenta

Trenta is a town and comune of 2,616 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy....
 valley in the Julian Alps
Julian Alps

The Julian Alps are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from north-eastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 metres at the Triglav mountain....
 of Slovenia at around 1100 metres of altitude. The river runs past Slovenia's highest peak, Triglav
Triglav

Triglav is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the Julian Alps. While its name, meaning "three-headed", can describe its shape as seen from the valley of Bohinj, the mountain may have been named after the Slavic god Triglav , although this hypothesis remains disputed, as the deity is not well understood and it is not documented whether it...
 (2864 m) before heading south past the towns of Bovec
Bovec

Bovec is a small alpine town in northwestern Slovenia. Bovec lies in the Bovec basin in the Soca valley below the Kanin mountains in the Julian Alps....
, Kobarid
Kobarid

Kobarid is a town and a municipality in the upper Soca River valley, western Slovenia, near the Italy border.Kobarid is known for the famous Battle of Caporetto, where the Italian retreat was documented by Ernest Hemingway in his novel A Farewell to Arms....
, Tolmin
Tolmin

Tolmin is a small town and municipality in the Slovenian Littoral region of Slovenia....
, Kanal ob Soci
Kanal ob Soci

Kanal ob Soci is a town and Municipalities of Slovenia in Slovenia, established in 1995 by secession from Nova Gorica.The town itself is an important crossing point over the River Soca River....
, Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica

Nova Gorica is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the Italy border. Nova Gorica is a new town, built in 1948, when the Treaty of peace with Italy established a new border between Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Italy, leaving nearby Gorizia outside the borders of Yugoslavia and thus decapitating the area of the...
 (where it is crossed by the Solkan Bridge
Solkan Bridge

Solkan Bridge is a 220 meters long stone bridge over the river Soca near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. It was built between 1900 and 1906....
) and Gorizia
Gorizia

Gorizia is a town in northeastern Italy, at the foot of the Alps and bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, and is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce....
, entering the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges....
 close to the Italian town of Monfalcone
Monfalcone

Monfalcone is a town and comune of the province of Gorizia , located on the coast of the Gulf of Trieste.It is a major industrial centre for manufacturing ships, airplanes, textiles, chemicals and refined oil....
.

The Soca Valley was the stage of major military operations including twelve battles
Battles of the Isonzo

"Battles of the Isonzo" were a series of 12 battles between the Austria-Hungary and Italy armies in World War I. They were fought along the Isonzo River on the eastern sector of the Italian Front between June 1915 and November 1917....
 on the Italian front
Italian Campaign (World War I)

The Italian campaign refers to a series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Kingdom of Italy , along with their allies, in northern Italy between 1915 and 1918....
 in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 between May 1915 and November 1917 in which over 300,000 Austro-Hungarian and Italian soldiers lost their lives.

Some people in Slovenia call the river "the Emerald Beauty" because of its emerald
Emerald

Emeralds are a variety of the mineral beryl colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a Hardness of 7.5 - 8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness....
 green waters. It is said to be one of the rare rivers in the world which retain such a colour throughout their length. The Soca inspired the Slovene poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 Simon Gregorcic
Simon Gregorcic

Simon Gregorcic was a Slovenian language poet and Roman Catholic priest....
 to write his best-known poem Soci (To the Soca), one of the masterpieces of Slovenian poetry.

The Soca is also well known for its unique trout
Trout

Trout are a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family. Salmon belong to some of the same genera as trout but, unlike most trout, most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water....
 species Salmo trutta marmoratus (known as the marble trout), which lives in the upper course of the crystal-clear river. This species is endangered due to the introduction of other non-indigenous trout species sometime between World War I and World War II.

This region served as a film location for the 2008 Disney film Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

See also

Slovenija Reke Soca
* Battles of the Isonzo
Battles of the Isonzo

"Battles of the Isonzo" were a series of 12 battles between the Austria-Hungary and Italy armies in World War I. They were fought along the Isonzo River on the eastern sector of the Italian Front between June 1915 and November 1917....
  • Goriška
    Goriška

    Gori?ka or Gorizia is a traditional region in western Slovenia on the border of Italy. It is part of the wider traditional region of the Slovenian Littoral ....


External links

  • . The Foundation preserves, restores and presents the historical and cultural heritage of the First World War in the area of the Isonzo Front for the study, tourist and educational purposes. The website is in Slovenian, English, Italian, and German.