Bohinj
![Bohinj and Julian Alps from above Bohinjska Bistrica](/Images/godic/202501/01/Julijske_alpe_iz_bohinja5641.jpg")
![Aerial view of Bohinj, a basin in the Julian Alps](/Images/godic/202501/01/Bohinj_lenarcic5641.jpg")
![Stara Fužina, a village near Lake Bohinj](/Images/godic/202501/01/StaraFuzinaBohinj-15641.JPG")
![Picture of Bohinjska Bistrica with Triglav in the background, from 1905](/Images/godic/202501/01/1905_postcard_of_Bohinjska_Bistrica_and_Triglav5641.jpg")
Bohinj (pronounced [ˈbɔːxin]; German:Wochein) or the Bohinj Basin (Slovene:Bohinjska kotlina) is a 20 km long and 5 km wide basin within the Julian Alps, in the Upper Carniola region of northwestern Slovenia. It is traversed by the Sava Bohinjka river. Its main feature is the periglacial Lake Bohinj (Slovene:Bohinjsko jezero). Bohinj is part of the Municipality of Bohinj, the seat of which is Bohinjska Bistrica.