[3] Dolenja Brezovica is a clustered village southeast of Preserje on the west slope of Lisec Hill (673 meters or 2,208 feet) at the bottom of a dry karst valley.

Above the village, the valley rises steeply towards Gorenja Brezovica, and to the northwest it drops to the small Ponikve Karst Field.

There is a low-quality hay field mowed once a year at Pungert on the lower slope of Štanga Hill.

The Slovene names Brezovica and Brezje are derived from the common noun breza 'birch'.

Like similar toponyms in Slovenia (e.g., Brezova, Brezovec, Brezovci), it originally referred to the local vegetation.