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Sava River

Sava
River
Sava river in Belgrade, view from Kalemegdan fortress.jpg
Sava River in Belgrade, Serbia
Countries Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia
Tributaries
 - left Savinja, Sutla, Krapina, Lonja, Ilova-Trebež, Orljava, Bosut
 - right Ljubljanica, Krka, Kupa, Una, Vrbas, Ukrina, Bosna, Tinja, Drina, Kolubara
Cities Kranj, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Sisak, Slavonski Brod, Brčko, Sremska Mitrovica, Šabac, Obrenovac, Belgrade
Source Zelenci
 - location Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
 - elevation 833 m (2,733 ft)
 - coordinates 46°29′31″N 13°44′16″E / 46.49194°N 13.73778°E / 46.49194; 13.73778
Mouth Danube
 - location Belgrade, Serbia
 - elevation 68 m (223 ft)
 - coordinates 44°49′27″N 20°26′38″E / 44.82417°N 20.44389°E / 44.82417; 20.44389Coordinates: 44°49′27″N 20°26′38″E / 44.82417°N 20.44389°E / 44.82417; 20.44389
Length 990 km (615 mi) a
Basin 97,713.2 km2 (37,727 sq mi)
Discharge for the river mouth
 - average 1,609 m3/s (56,821 cu ft/s)
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Map of the Sava watershed
a Including 45 km (28 mi) Sava Dolinka headwater
The most populous urban areas along the Sava River

Belgrade
Belgrade
Zagreb
Zagreb

Rank City Country Urban population Municipal population

Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Slavonski Brod
Slavonski Brod

1 Belgrade Serbia 1,233,350 1,659,440
2 Zagreb Croatia 688,163 1,110,517
3 Ljubljana Slovenia 258,873 265,881
4 Slavonski Brod Croatia 53,473 59,507
5 Šabac Serbia 52,822 115,347
6 Brčko Bosnia-Herzegovina 40,000 85,000
7 Sremska Mitrovica Serbia 37,586 79,773
8 Kranj Slovenia 35,587 51,225
9 Sisak Croatia 33,322 47,768
10 Obrenovac Serbia 24,568 71,419
Sources: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia 2011 Census;Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2011 Census;Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, 2002 Census;Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Sava (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈsàːʋa],Serbo-Croatian: [sǎːʋa],Serbian Cyrillic: Сава) is a river in Central Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia, along the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina, through Serbia, discharging into the Danube in Belgrade. Its central part is a natural border of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. The Sava forms the northern border of the Balkan Peninsula, and southern edge of the Pannonian Plain.

The Sava is 990 kilometres (615 miles) long, including the 45-kilometre (28 mi) Sava Dolinka headwater rising in Zelenci, Slovenia. It is the greatest tributary of the Danube by volume of water, and second-largest after Tisza in terms of catchment area (97,713 square kilometres (37,727 square miles)) and length. It drains a significant portion of the Dinaric Alps region, through the major tributaries of Drina, Bosna, Kupa, Una, Vrbas, Lonja, Kolubara, Bosut and Krka. The Sava is one of the longest rivers in Europe and among a handful of European rivers of that length that do not drain directly into a sea.


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