Bavšica (; Tul, Vlasta. 1997. Vodnik po fondih in zbirkah Pokrajinskega arhiva v Novi Gorici. Nova Gorica: Pokrajinski arhiv, p. 138.) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Geography Bavšica lies in a glacial valley below Mount Bavšica Grintovec () in the Julian Alps to the eastBovec municipal site and the Log Cliff (, Buscaini, Gino. 1974. Alpi Giulie. Milan: Club Alpino Italiano, p. 408.) to the north.Kladnik, Darinka. 1994. Sto slovenskih krajev. Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, p. 100. The valley also hosts the Bavšica Hiking Training Center () (PUS Bavšica), the main educational center of the Alpine Association of Slovenia.Alpine Association of Slovenia
Name Bavšica was attested in written sources in 1763–87 as Bauschiza. The name is derived from the Slovene common noun balha (dialect baha) 'matgrass', referring to the local vegetation. A less likely explanation is that the name is derived from the adjective *balh 'whitish, pale'.
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External links Bavšica on Geopedia