Zirknitz, LAKE (Slovenic Cirknica), in Carniola, is 20 miles SW. of Laibach and 1860 feet above sea-level. Its area and depth depend much on the rainfall; the tunnels and cavities in the limestone mountains around either adding to it or carrying off its waters according to the weather. It is sometimes 5 miles long, with an average depth of 18 feet; but in some years its whole area is dried up. Hence the saying that according to season one may fish, hunt, or harvest in or on it.
Zirknitz, LAKE
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 802
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