The Soča (pronounced [ˈsoːtʃa] in Slovene) orIsonzo (pronounced [iˈzontso] in Italian) (other names Friulian: Lusinç, archaic German: Sontig,Latin: Aesontius or Isontius) is a 138-kilometre (86 mi) long river that flows through westernSlovenia (96 kilometres or 60 miles) and northeastern Italy (43 kilometres or 27 miles).
An Alpine river in character, its source lies in theTrenta Valley in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, at an elevation of 876 metres (2,874 ft). The river runs past the towns ofBovec, Kobarid, Tolmin, Kanal ob Soči, Nova Gorica (where it is crossed by the Solkan Bridge), and Gorizia, entering the Adriatic Seaclose to the town of Monfalcone. It has a nival-pluvial regime in its upper course and pluvial-nival in its lower course.
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