[3] Gorenja Brezovica is a ribbon village in the upper part of a dry karst valley with sinkholes that rises from the small Ponikve Karst Field in Dolenja Brezovica towards Middle Hill (Slovene: Srednji hrib; 836 meters or 2,743 feet) to the south.

Houses in the village are arranged along the slope of Vrh Hill (606 meters or 1,988 feet), which rises to the northeast.

In the dry valley below the village there are field areas named Krnice, Platovi, and Velike Njive, and west of these is Štanga Hill (644 meters or 2,113 feet) with low-quality hay fields mowed once a year.

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

[4] During the Second World War, Italian forces set up a post in the village during the Rog Offensive in the summer of 1942.