Sava also Save (in Serbian: Сава; German: Save; Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Europe, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. It is 945 km long and drains 95,719 km² of surface area. It flows through four states: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (making its northern border) and Serbia. The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and by Serbs everywhere. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... The Danube bend at Visegrád is a popular destination of tourists The Danube (ancient Danuvius) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... Belgrade (Serbian: Beograd, Београд ) is the capital of the Republic of Serbia, as well as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. ...    Serbia Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area – Total – % water 88. ...

Savica Falls, spring of the Savica

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Length

The Sava is created by two headwaters, Sava Dolinka (left) and Sava Bohinjka (right) which join between the Slovenian cities of Lesce and Radovljica. From there until it joins the Danube at Belgrade, Serbia, it's 945 km long (of which 206 km are in Serbia). From the source of its longer headwater, Sava Dolinka, in the north-western, Alpine region of Slovenia, it measures 990 km. Lesce is a town in the northwestern part of Slovenia, in the Gorenjska region. ... Radovljica is a town and a municipality in the Northern part of Slovenia, in the Gorenjska region. ... The Danube bend at Visegrád is a popular destination of tourists The Danube (ancient Danuvius) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... Belgrade (Serbian: Beograd, Београд ) is the capital of the Republic of Serbia, as well as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ...

Through the Danube, it belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin, and represents the Danube's longest right tributary and second longest of all, after Tisa. It was once the longest river flowing completely within Yugoslavia proper, but after the breakup of the country in 1991, it now flows through four countries. Map of the Black Sea. ... The Tisza (in Hungarian, Ukrainian: Tysa/Тиса, Russian: Tisa/Тиса, Romanian, Slovak and Serbian: Tisa, German: Theiß, Latin: Tissus, Tisia or Pathissus) is a river, tributary of the Danube and one of the major rivers of Central Europe, passing through Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and Serbia and Montenegro. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic Југославија) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...

Origin

The 45 km long Sava Dolinka flows out of Nadiže spring in Planica mountain, part of the Julian Alps, at the altitude of 1222 m, near the Italian border. The stream goes underground and after 5 km breaks out again at the height of 842 m in Lake Podkoren, near Kranjska Gora. Its major (left) tributary is Radovna, which carved a beautiful gorge called "Bledski Vintgar". It flows through the cities of Kranjska Gora, Gozd Martuljek, Jesenice, near Bled and Lesce. The power station "Moste" (22,5 MW) with a small reservoir was constructed near Žirovnica. Sava also Save (in Serbian: Сава; German: Save; Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Europe, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... Planica is an alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border town Rateče, not far from another well known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. ... Edelweiss, Julian Alps, Slovenia The Julian Alps is part of the Alps that stretch from north-eastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2864 metres at Triglav. ... Area: 256. ... Area: 75. ... Area: 188. ... Žirovnica is a municipality in Slovenia. ...

The shorter, 31 km long Sava Bohinjka originates in Komarče, at the altitude of 805 m, from underground sources whose water comes from the valley of Triglav, the highest peak of the Julian Alps, Slovenia and former Yugoslavia. It was originally known as Savica ("little Sava"), and creates a 60 m high waterfall ("Slap Savice"). Then it flows through Ukanc gorge, where the 3 MW power station "Savica" was constructed and flows intoLake Bohinj, creating a small delta. After flowing out from the lake, its known as Sava Bohinjka. It flows through Bohinjska Bistrica, Bohinjska Bela and close to Lake Bled, before it meets Sava Dolinka near Radovljica. This article is about mount Triglav in Slovenia. ... Lake Bled is one of the major attractions of Slovenia. ...

Geography

The Sava is draining an area of 95.719 km², including even 115 km² in northern Albania.Its average discharge at Zagreb, Croatia, is 255 m³/s, while in Belgrade its amassed to 1.722 m³/s. It also gets very deep, up to 28-30 m near villages of Hrtkovci and Bosut, in Serbia. In Serbia it creates several big river islands (Serbian: ada), including Podgorička ada (Подгоричка ада) near Provo and 2,7 km³ big Ada Ciganlija (Ада Циганлија) in Belgrade, the most popular Belgrade resort place. Island has been connected to the mainland (right bank of the river) with three causeways creating artificial "Lake Sava" (Савско језеро/Savsko jezero) with an area of 0,8 km³. It is nicknamed "Belgrade sea" (Београдско море/Beogradsko more) and it is known to attract up to 350.000 visitors daily in summer season. Zagreb at night, from Sljeme Zagreb cathedral St. ...    Serbia Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area – Total – % water 88. ... For the Utah city, see Provo, Utah. ... Ada Ciganlija in the summer Ada Ciganlija (Serbian Ada Ciganlija, Cyrilic Ада Циганлија - pronounced in English rougly as /ada tsiganliya/) is an island in the Sava river flowing through central Belgrade the capital city of Serbia and Montenegro. ...

It also has high electricity production potential in its upper course, up to 3,2 (including tributaries 4,7) billion kWh, which is not much used. Apart from already mentioned two power stations, there is a third, on the Sava itself, "Medvode" (17,8 MW), near Ljubljana.

River bed, for the most length, is not regulated. That causes floods from time to time, which can affect as much as 5.000 km² of mostly very fertile land (Posavina, Sava Valley). In 1981 and April 2006, the Sava even flooded lower parts of Belgrade. In 1977 & 1980 both federal and inter-republican agreements were signed about Sava's regulation, which were suppose to regulate its waters to prevent flooding, build new power stations, establish full navigation to Zagreb and ecologically protect its waters, with the final deadline being year 2000. However, not much was done and Yugoslavia itself broke up in 1991. Posavina is the name for the Sava river basin in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia and Montenegro. ...

Flowing below Ljubljana, the Sava created 90 km long Litija-Krško gorge and after flowing out of it, flood plain known as Krško Field (Krško Polje) and used to be much shorter. As Panonian sea was receding, the Sava grew longer and longer, carving Sava Trench (Savski rov) through which it flows to the east. Together with lower courses of Bosnian rivers which became it's tributaries, it created huge flood plains. Becoming wide (at Šabac its 680 m wide, while on its mouth only 280 m), the Sava begins to meander and in history changed course many times, being pushed by the gentle slope of the Panonian bed to the south and by the force of its many right tributaries to the north. Old river beds turned into swamps and ponds known as mrtvaja (dead water) and starača (old water). Best known is one of the ponds in Serbia, one of the biggest wild birds reservation areas in Europe, Obedska bara. (help· info) (IPA: ) is the capital and largest city in Slovenia. ... Image:Sabac. ...

Tributaries

Right tributaries: in Slovenia: Selščica, Ljubljanica, Mirna and Krka; in Croatia: Kupa and Sunja; on Croatian-Bosnian border: Una; in Bosnia: Vrbaška, Vrbas, Ukrina, Bosna, Brka, Tinja, Lukovac and Dašnica; On Bosnian-Serbian border: Drina; in Serbia: Jerez, Kolubara and Topčiderska reka; The Ljubljanica is a river in Slovenia, Europe. ... There are three rivers named Krka (Latin name Corcoras): Krka, Slovenia - river in Slovenia Krka, Croatia - river in Croatias Dalmatia region Krka, Austria - the Slovenian name for the river Gurk in Austria Krka d. ... Kupa (Slovenian Kolpa) is a river in Croatia and on the border with Slovenia. ... Una can mean: Una, a river in Bosnia and Croatia, tributary to Sava Una, a city in Bahia, Brazil Una, a district of Himachal Pradesh, India Una-, a purported SI prefix. ... The Vrbaš is a major river in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Bosna is the third longest river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is considered one of the countrys three major internal rivers, along with the Neretva and Vrbas. ... The Drina is a river on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. ... The Kolubara (Serbian Cyrillic: Колубара), is the 123 km long river is western Serbia, the right tributary to the Sava river. ...

Left tributaries: in Slovenia: Kokra, Kamniška Bistrica and Savinja; on Slovenian-Croatian border: Sotla/Sutla; in Croatia: Lonja and Orljava; in Serbia: Bosut; KamniÅ¡ka Bistrica is an Alpine river. ... Savinja (some older English texts use the German name Sann) is the river in Northeast Slovenia which streams mostly in the Upper and Lower Savinja valley (Slovene Zgornja in Spodnja Savinjska dolina) and through the cities of Celje and LaÅ¡ko. ... The river Sotla (Slovenian) or Sutla (Croatian) is a European river flowing through Slovenia and Croatia, mostly forming their border. ... Bosut can refer to: Bosut River, a river in Syrmia, in Croatia and Serbia. ...

Settlements

The Sava connects three European capitals: Ljubljana in Slovenia, Zagreb in Croatia and Belgrade in Serbia. Even though Ljubljana is built on Sava's tributary Ljubljanica, as the city grew bigger it urbanized previous villages on Sava, like Črnuče or Zalog, so Sava now flows through Ljubljana's outskirts (in the same way Sarajevo grew over it's principal river Miljacka and urbanized areas around much longer river Bosna to the west). In both Zagreb and Belgrade, it divides old and new parts of the cities (Zagreb-Novi Zagreb, Belgrade-Novi Beograd). After Ljubljana, the Sava flows through Litija and highly industrialized area of Zasavska, including cities of Zagorje ob Savi, Trbovlje and Hrastnik, continuing through important railway junction of Zidani Most, Radeče, Sevnica, Krško, Brežice and Čateške Toplice after which it crosses into Croatia. Passing through Zagreb and its suburbs, it continues through Sisak on the mouth of Kupa river, and Jasenovac, when it becomes border river between Bosnia and Hercegovina and Croatia, with many dual settlements on both sides of the border: Gradiška/Stara Gradiška, Srbac/Davor, Bosanski Kobaš/Slavonski Kobaš, Bosanski Brod/Slavonski Brod, Bosanski Šamac/Slavonski Šamac, Orašje/Županja and Brčko/Gunja, soon after which it enters Serbia, where important places are: Sremska Rača, Sremska Mitrovica, Klenak and Šabac. Then it enters Belgrade City Area and flows through suburbs of Zabrežje, Obrenovac, Umka and Ostružnica until it finally empties into the Danube in Belgrade. Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located at 43°52N and 18°25E. According to a 1991 census, its population was 529,672; currently estimated at around 600,000. ... The Miljacka is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina that passes through Sarajevo. ... Area: 316. ... Area: 147. ... Area: 57. ... Area: 58. ... The town Radece is located in the central landscape of the Posavje Hills (Posavsko hribovje), at the confluence of the Sopota stream and the Sava river. ... Area: 272. ... Area: 268. ... Sisak is a city in central Croatia. ... Jasenovac is a municipality in Central Croatia, in the southern part of the Sisak-Moslavina county at the confluence of the river Una into Sava. ... GradiÅ¡ka (Serbian: Градишка/GradiÅ¡ka, Bosnian: GradiÅ¡ka/Градишка, Croatian: GradiÅ¡ka), also known as Bosanska GradiÅ¡ka, is a town in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Stara GradiÅ¡ka is a village and a municipality in the Brod-Posavina county of Croatia. ... Srbac is a town and municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina near the border of Croatia. ... Bosanski Brod (Cyrilic: Босански Брод),or Srpski Brod (Cyrilic: Sрπски Брод), current and official name of this city located on the banks of river Sava in the north of Serb Republic Republika Srpska. ... Slavonski Brod is the sixth largest city in Croatia, with a population of 64,612 in 2001. ... Bosanski Å amac (Serbian: Босански Шамац) is a town in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the right bank of the Sava river. ... Also see: Å amac (disambiguation) Slavonski Å amac is a small town and a port on the river Sava in Croatia. ... OraÅ¡je is a town in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the river Sava on the border with Croatia. ... Županja is a city in eastern Slavonia or western Srijem, Croatia, located 24 km southwest of Vinkovci. ... Map showing the location of the Brčko District within Bosnia and Herzegovina (in red, upper right corner) Brcko District map Brčko (Serbian: Брчко) is a city in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Gunja, a village in the hinterland of the left banks of the Sava in the region of Spacva, Croatia, 31 km southeast of Zupanja; elevation 84 m. ... New pedestrian bridge built in 1993, connecting Sremska Mitrovica and Mačvanska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica (Serbian: Сремска Митровица or Sremska Mitrovica, Rusin: Сримска Митровица, Croatian: Sr(ij)emska Mitrovica, Hungarian: Szávaszentdemeter, German: Syrmisch Mitrowitz, Latin: Sirmium) is a city located in the Vojvodina province of Serbia and Montenegro at 44. ... Coat of Obrenovac Obrenovac (Обреновац) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro at 44. ...

Navigation & traffic

The Sava is navigable for 593 km, from its confluence with the Danube until the mouth of the Kupa at Sisak. Smaller crafts can navigate further upstream until Zagreb, but the plans of dredging it to become fully navigable are scrapped. The river is open for international flowing and conditions with regard to available depth are varying according to the meteorological circumstances. ^[1]

Sava valley is also a natural way for land traffic, which includes railway and highway Belgrade-Zagreb and routes of oil and gas pipelines from Croatia to Serbia. As a result of all this traffic and densely populated and industrialized areas it flows through, river is very polluted and not much has been done to improve its conditions.

Tradition

"Krst pri Savici" (in English: Christening at the Savica) is a heroic epic poem written by the most influential Slovenian poet France Prešeren. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... France Prešeren France Prešeren (December 3, 1800 - February 8, 1849) was a Slovenian poet. ...

Even though name Sava became very common among (and not only South) Slavs, especially as a form of personal name, either male or female, and got 'Slavic tone', name of the river is actually not Slavic but Roman, who called it Savus. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Politics

The Sava represents north-western boundary of the Balkan peninsula. Due to the change of political climate, boundary also stretched or shrinked. In Yugoslav times it was considered that whole of Sava is the border (thus promoting mutuality among different Yugoslav nations), which placed even parts of Italy (Trieste area) as a part of the Balkan peninsula. After splitting from Yugoslavia, in Slovenia and Croatia this was changed as a policy of shedding off any Yugoslav or Balkan feel, so the border was set to be the Sava-Kupa line, and then to the Adriatic. The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ... Trieste (Latin Tergeste, Italian Trieste, Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian Trst, German and Friulian Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy right on the border to Slovenia. ... The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ...

References

• ^ "NoorderSoft Waterways Database."

• Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, Third edition (1985), Vol. I (for Balkan peninsula) & III (for Sava river); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
• Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6