The river Soča (Italian Isonzo) is a river in West Slovenia and North Italy. An Alpine river in character, Soča has its source 1,100 m high in the Julian Alps, west from the mountain Triglav (2864 m) in the Trenta valley. Flowing south 140 km past Bovec, Kobarid, Tolmin, Nova Gorica and Gorizia, it enters the Adriatic Sea near Monfalcone in Italy. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria in the east, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, through to France in the west. ... Edelweiss, Julian Alps, Slovenia The Julian Alps is part of the Alps that stretch from north-eastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2864 metres at Triglav. ... This article is about mount Triglav in Slovenia. ... Bovec is a small alpine town in northwestern Slovenia. ... Area: 192. ... Area: 381. ... Area: 309. ... Gorizia (Slovenian Gorica, German Görz, (Friulian Gurize) is a small town (pop. ... The Adriatic Sea Source: NASA The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ...

The valley of Soča (Isonzo) was the stage of major military operations including 12 battles on The Isonzo Front in the First World War between May 1915 and November 1917. Over 2,000,000 Austrian and Italian soldiers lost their lives. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

Famous and unique is the Soča trout (Slovenian Soška postrv), Salmo trutta marmoratus, also named the Marble trout, which lives in the upper stream of the crystal-clear river. It is the endemic fish species of the river basin of the Adriatic Sea and endangered due to introduction of non-autochthonous trouts between the World Wars. Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fishes belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ... Marmorata (also Soča trout, Slovenian: Soška postrv) is a subspecies of trout indigenous to the Soča (Italian: Isonzo) river in Slovenia. ... The Adriatic Sea Source: NASA The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ...

Some people call the river "the Emerald Beauty" because of its emerald green color of water and is said to be the only river in the world which retains such a colour throughout its length.

The Soča inspired a Slovenian poet Simon Gregorčič to write the poem Soči (To the Soča), one of masterpieces of Slovenian poetry. Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... Bust of Homer, one of the earliest European poets, in the British Museum Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ...

External links

• Jurij Pohar on the Soča Marble trout: http://www.bfro.uni-lj.si/zoo/publikacije/avtohtone_pasme/eng/The%20Marble%20trout.html
• Italien website "11 battles at the Isonzo" (the 12th was a triumph for the Austro-Hungarian troops, which came in Nov. 1917 at the "battaglia di Caporetto" till the river Piave) http://www.worldwar1.com/itafront/isonzo11.htm
• maps you can find here : http://www.firstworldwar.com/maps/italianfront.htm