Sediment is an essential, integral and dynamic part of any river system and forms a variety of habitats and environments. Having this fact in mind the need for an efficient sustainable sediment management in the Sava River Basin has been recognized. The presentation by the Slovenian member of the Core Expert Group will report on estimating the sediment balance of the Sava River, and proposing an establishment of the sediment monitoring system for the Sava River. These efforts are of interest for the Danube River basin management since the Sava River Basin is one of its major sub-basins. The topic of sediments in fluvial environments had to be given more attention and is definitely relevant also for the Danube River Basin and all of its main tributaries’ basins.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 41651245Post-event analysis of extreme weather events, during which landslides and/or debris flows occured, can be used to evaluate different methodologies for rainfall estimation that could be used as part of the early warning systems (EWS). In the presented study we have analyzed several extreme rainfall events in Slovenia from 1989 to 2013 that triggered deep-seated and shallow landslides, which caused more than 10 casualties and more than 100 million Euros in economic damage.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 8089953Erosion changes in the Upper Soča Valley (Julian Alps, western Slovenia) during the last two centuries are discussed in the article. Erosion was calculated using a model in which land use was one of the principal factors. The empirical Gavrilović equation that has been partly modified by Lazarević was used. Erosion calculations covered five years: 1827, 1896, 1953, 1979 and 1999, enabling us to establish changes in the erosion process due to a change in land use over the last 200 years. The total annual erosion in the study area amounted to 4.76 million m 3 in 1827, and it was approximately the same also in 1999. Within that interval erosion increased, reaching 5.72 million m 3 in 1953, with a presumed maximum during the 1920's. In 1827, specific erosion was 133.4 tons/hectare/year year, in 1999 it was 135.5 tons/hectare/year, and in the meantime, in 1953, it reached 160.3 tons/hectare/year. The study shows that erosion changes may be established also by means of historical sources of land use, if a proper model is employed.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 41791277In the context of lecture at IGUMOSCOW 2015 conference we present the results of snow investigations which were performed in north-western Slovenia during three winters (2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13). We presented results of snow isotope investigations obtained with different sampling techniques. As a consequence of specific climatic conditions in Slovenia is variability in physical and isotopic properties of snow very high in time and space. Understanding of these changes is very important for a proper understanding of the impact of snow and snow melt on surface and groundwater and for the proper future management of water recourses. Research was conducted in the frame of the SRA research program (P1-0143), the IAEA project, which was also attended by Russian partners and bilateral Slovenian Russian cooperation.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 28808999The World Landslide Forum is a triennial mainstream conference that gathers together the scientific and technological community, policymakers, industry actors, public officials, and other stakeholders, who deal with the understanding and management of landslide disaster risk. The 4th World Landslide Forum (WLF4) was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 29 May to 2 June 2017 and discussed the progress of landslide research and risk reduction for advancing the culture of living with natural hazards.During the WLF4, the 2017 Ljubljana Declaration on Landslide Risk Reduction was adopted and the concept framework of the Kyoto 2020 Commitment was endorsed.
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