The Flow of Emerald

It takes 138 km for the emerald green river, which flows through western Slovenia and northeastern Italy, to reach the final destination of the Adriatic sea. The river had an important historical, cultural and socioeconomic role in the region. Soča river holds many secrets, has seen many things throughout history and was admired by many artists and poets. Its beauty hides the horrors of World War I and the battles that were fought alongside the river. Even in the present day, the diversity of this aquatic landscape can still be admired from pristine mountain national park protected regions in the upper stream of the river to anthropogenically impacted and modified lower stream. Some areas of the river serve as a warning on how a life-full and energetic river can lose its vitality as a result of human exploitation. The end experience is a poetic journey through the never-seen underwater river landscape.