The Sora is a right affluent of the Sava River in the northeastern part of Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. The Sora gathers its waters mainly from the Škofja Loka Hills. Its source branches are the Poljane Sora , named after the Poljane Valley , and the Selca Sora , named after the Selca Valley . The Poljane Sora is larger and is 43 kilometres (26.7 mi) in length, while the Selca Sora is 32 km (19.9 mi) in length. They flow together in Škofja Loka

Škofja Loka

-Art colony:Before the civil war in the former Yugoslavia the Serbian town of Smederevska Palanka and the town of Škofja Loka held art colonies Groharijeva kolonija run by an art teacher from elementary school Olga Milošević in Smederevska Palanka. Now, after the split of SFR Yugoslavia, the two...

 and continue the flow as the Sora for the next 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi) until Medvode

Medvode

Medvode is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. The Sava and Sora rivers join in Medvode, from which the town's name is derived. Two large factories, Color and Donit, are based in Medvode. The Sava River at Medvode is also the location of the Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant.-External links:*...

, where the Sora joins the Sava. Including the Poljane Sora, the Sora is 52 km (32.3 mi) in length. This makes it the 15th longest river of Slovenia.

The Sora is of torrential character and often floods. Its average discharge

Discharge (hydrology)

In hydrology, discharge is the volume rate of water flow, including any suspended solids , dissolved chemical species and/or biologic material , which is transported through a given cross-sectional area...

at the outflow is 25 m3/s. Its largest discharge, measured in 1990, was 690 m3/s.