Sava River
Encyclopedia
The Sava is a river in Southeast Europe
, a right side tributary of the Danube
river at Belgrade
. Counting from Zelenci
, the source of Sava Dolinka, it is 947 kilometres (588.4 mi) long and drains 97713 square kilometres (37,727.2 sq mi) of surface area. It flows through Slovenia
, Croatia
, along the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina
, and through Serbia
. Its middle basin is a natural border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Sava is considered to be the northern border of the Balkan Peninsula.
It belongs to the Black Sea
drainage basin, and represents the longest Danube's right tributary and the second longest of all, as well as the richest with water, by far. It drains a significant portion of the Dinaric Alps
region, through significant tributaries of Kupa
, Una, Vrbas, Bosna and Drina
. Sava also the 16th longest river in Europe and the second longest one (after Tisza) that does not join directly a sea.
The Sava Dolinka
starts in the Julian Alps
as the continuation of Nadiža
Creek at an elevation of 833 m in Zelenci
, near Kranjska Gora
. A notable (left) tributary of it is the Radovna, which flows through a mountain gorge called Vintgar
. The Sava Dolinka flows through Kranjska Gora, Gozd Martuljek
and Jesenice, near Bled
, and through Lesce
. The first in a series of hydroelectric plants on the river, the Moste Hydro Power Plant (22.5 MW), is located near Žirovnica
.
The shorter, 31 km long Sava Bohinjka
originates under the Komarča wall at an elevation of 805 metres (2,641.1 ft), from underground sources drained from the Triglav Lakes Valley
. Until Lake Bohinj
, the river is known as the Savica ("little Sava"), and features Savica Falls a 60 m high waterfall at its source. Then the Savica River flows through the Ukanc Gorge
, where the 3 MW Savica power plant is located. Then it flows into Lake Bohinj
, creating a small delta. Afterward, as the Sava Bohinjka, it flows through Bohinjska Bistrica
, Bohinjska Bela
, and close to Lake Bled
, before it joins the Sava Dolinka near Radovljica.
From Radovljica to Dolsko
east of Ljubljana
, the Sava flows across the Ljubljana Basin
. Then it enters the Central Sava Valley and the Lower Sava Valley .
The Sava drains an area of 97,713 km2. The watershed reaches as far south as northern Albania
(115 km2). Its average discharge at Zagreb
, Croatia, is 255 m3/s, while in Belgrade it is 1,722 m3/s. It also becomes very deep, up to 28–30 m near the villages of Hrtkovci
and Bosut, in Serbia
. In Serbia it creates several big river islands, including Podgorička ada near Provo
and 2.7 km2 Ada Ciganlija
in Belgrade, the most popular Belgrade resort. The island has been connected to the right bank of the river with three causeways creating an artificial lake called "Lake Sava" with an area of 0.8 km2. It is nicknamed the "Belgrade Sea" and it is known to attract up to 350,000 visitors daily in the summer season.
The river has high electricity production potential in its upper course, up to 3.2 (including tributaries 4.7) billion kWh, which has not been used until lately. In addition to the Moste and Savica power plants, there is a third on the Sava, the Medvode power plant (17.8 MW), near Ljubljana. There are also several hydroelectric plants under construction, of which the Vrhovo and Boštanj power plants have already begun electricity production.
The river bed is not regulated for the most of its length. This causes floods from time to time, which can affect as much as 5,000 km2 of mostly very fertile land (the Sava Valley
). In October 1964 the Sava flooded Zagreb almost to the center, causing heavy damage and human casualties, after which high levee
s were built. In 1981 and April 2006, the Sava flooded lower parts of Belgrade. In 1977 & 1980 both federal and inter-republican agreements were signed about regulating the Sava, which were supposed 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 the year 2000. However, not much was done and Yugoslavia itself broke up in 1991.
East of Ljubljana
, the Sava flows through a 90 km long gorge and afterward the Brežice-Krško Plain. As the Pannonian Sea
receded, the Sava grew longer and longer, carving the Sava Trench through which it flows to the east. Together with lower courses of Bosnian rivers which became its tributaries, it created huge floodplains. 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 Pannonian bed to the south and by the force of its many right tributaries to the north. Old riverbeds turned into swamps and ponds known as "dead water" and "old water" . The best known is one of the biggest ponds in Serbia and one of the biggest wild birds reservation areas in Europe, Obedska bara.
The hydrological parameters of Sava are regularly monitored in Croatia at Jesenice
, Zagreb
, Crnac
, Jasenovac
, Davor, Slavonski Brod
, Slavonski Šamac
, and Županja
.
Left tributaries:
The Sava connects three European capitals: Ljubljana in Slovenia, Zagreb in Croatia, and Belgrade in Serbia. Even though Ljubljana was built on the Ljubljanica, a tributary of the Sava, as the city grew bigger it included existing settlements on the Sava such as Črnuče
or Zalog, and so the Sava now flows through Ljubljana's outskirts. In both Zagreb and Belgrade, the Sava divides old and new parts of the cities (Zagreb-Novi Zagreb, Belgrade-Novi Beograd). After Ljubljana, the Sava flows through Litija
and the highly industrialized Central Sava Valley, including the cities of Zagorje ob Savi
, Trbovlje
, and Hrastnik
, continuing past the important railway junction of Zidani Most
, and on to Radeče
, Sevnica
, Krško
, Brežice
, and Čatež after which it crosses into Croatia. Passing through Zagreb
, it continues through Sisak
at the mouth of Kupa River, and Jasenovac
, where it forms the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, with many dual settlements on both sides of the border: Bosanska 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: Jamena
, Sremska Rača
, Sremska Mitrovica
, Klenak, and Šabac
. Then it flows through the Belgrade suburbs of Zabrežje
, Obrenovac
, Umka
, and Ostružnica
until it finally empties into the Danube in Belgrade
.
. Smaller crafts can navigate further upstream until Zagreb
, but there are plans of dredging it to become fully navigable. The river is open for international flowing and conditions with regard to available depth are varying according to the meteorological circumstances.
The Sava Valley is also a natural route for land traffic, which includes the railway and Belgrade-Zagreb freeway 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, the river is very polluted east of Sisak and not much has been done to improve its conditions.
written by the most influential Slovene poet France Prešeren
.
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 has a "Slavic tone," the river's name is not Slavic
but Celtic
and Roman
in origin; the Latin name was Savus. The old Celts associated their river goddess Adsullata
with the Savus.
(Southeast Europe
). All lands north of the Sava (e.g. Vojvodina
, northern Croatia, most of Slovenia, etc.) are geographically within Central Europe
. With the changes of the political climate, the boundary also changed. In Yugoslav times the whole Sava was considered the border (thus promoting mutuality among different Yugoslav peoples), which placed even parts of Italy
(Trieste
area) as a part of the Balkan peninsula. After splitting from Yugoslavia, the border was set by some to be the Sava-Kupa line (The Kupa forms a part of the southern Slovenian border, with Croatia), and then to the Adriatic
; placing Belgrade in the Balkans, but Zagreb and Ljubljana outside the Balkans.
Sava was the longest river flowing completely within Yugoslavia
, until the breakup of the country in 1991.
which hosts a major international competition almost every year,, examples being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
in 1955
, 1991
, and 2010
.
Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe is a relatively recent political designation for the states of the Balkans. Writers such as Maria Todorova and Vesna Goldsworthy have suggested the use of the term Southeastern Europe to replace the word Balkans for the region, to minimize potential...
, a right side tributary of the Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
river at Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. Counting from Zelenci
Zelenci
Zelénci is a spring and eponymous nature reserve near the town of Kranjska Gora, in the far northwestern corner of Slovenia. It is the source of the river Sava Dolinka, a tributary of the Danube....
, the source of Sava Dolinka, it is 947 kilometres (588.4 mi) long and drains 97713 square kilometres (37,727.2 sq mi) of surface area. It flows through Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, along the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
, and through Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. Its middle basin is a natural border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Sava is considered to be the northern border of the Balkan Peninsula.
It belongs to the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
drainage basin, and represents the longest Danube's right tributary and the second longest of all, as well as the richest with water, by far. It drains a significant portion of the Dinaric Alps
Dinaric Alps
The Dinaric Alps or Dinarides form a mountain chain in Southern Europe, spanning areas of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro....
region, through significant tributaries of Kupa
Kupa
Kupa may refer to:*Kupa River, a river in Croatia and Slovenia*Kupa River , a river in Lithuania*Kupa River in Siberia, see Kuta River*Kupa Synagogue, a synagogue in Krakow*Kupa, Hungary, a village in Northern Hungary...
, Una, Vrbas, Bosna and Drina
Drina
The Drina is a 346 kilometer long river, which forms most of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube river watershed...
. Sava also the 16th longest river in Europe and the second longest one (after Tisza) that does not join directly a sea.
Origin
Sava Dolinka
The Sava Dolinka is a headwater of the Sava River in northwestern Slovenia. The 45 km Sava Dolinka starts as Nadiža Creek in the Planica Valley under Mount Zadnja Ponca in the Julian Alps, at an elevation of 1222 m, close to the Italian border. The stream goes underground soon after its source and...
starts in the Julian Alps
Julian Alps
The Julian Alps are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav. They are named after Julius Caesar, who founded the municipium of Cividale del Friuli at the foot of the mountains...
as the continuation of Nadiža
Nadiža (creek)
Nadiža is a mountain stream near the town of Kranjska Gora, in the far northwestern corner of Slovenia. Springing from a bare rockface on the eastern slope of the mountain Zadnja Ponca above the valley of Tamar in the Julian Alps, it is the first source of the river Sava Dolinka, the longer of the...
Creek at an elevation of 833 m in Zelenci
Zelenci
Zelénci is a spring and eponymous nature reserve near the town of Kranjska Gora, in the far northwestern corner of Slovenia. It is the source of the river Sava Dolinka, a tributary of the Danube....
, near Kranjska Gora
Kranjska Gora
Kranjska Gora is a town and a municipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the Austrian and Italian borders.Kranjska Gora is best known as a winter sports town, being situated in the Julian Alps...
. A notable (left) tributary of it is the Radovna, which flows through a mountain gorge called Vintgar
Vintgar
The Vintgar Gorge or Blejski Vintgar, Bled Gorge is a 1.6 km gorge located near the settlement of Zgornje Gorje, four kilometers northwest of Bled, Slovenia. Carved by the river Radovna, the sheer canyon walls are 50 to 100 m high, with a total slope measuring about 250 m...
. The Sava Dolinka flows through Kranjska Gora, Gozd Martuljek
Gozd Martuljek
Gozd Martuljek is a settlement in the Kranjska Gora municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The settlement was once called Rute, and is even today divided into Spodnje and Zgornje Rute....
and Jesenice, near Bled
Bled
Bled is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the region of Upper Carniola. The area, within the Julian Alps, is a popular tourist destination.-History:...
, and through Lesce
Lesce
Lesce is a town in the Radovljica municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is an industrial as well as a tourist centre.It is one of the oldest mentioned settlements in the region, first noted in a document from 1004 together with Bled and Bohinj...
. The first in a series of hydroelectric plants on the river, the Moste Hydro Power Plant (22.5 MW), is located near Žirovnica
Žirovnica
Žirovnica is a municipality in Slovenia. It is located in the historic Upper Carniola region, on the southern slope of the Karavanke mountain range, close to the border with Austria...
.
The shorter, 31 km long Sava Bohinjka
Sava Bohinjka
The Sava Bohinjka is a headwater of the Sava River in northwestern Slovenia.At 41 kilometers in length, it is the shorter of the two headwaters that become the Sava River in Radovljica, the other being the 45-kilometer-long Sava Dolinka. The Sava Bohinjka originates under the Komarča Ridge at an...
originates under the Komarča wall at an elevation of 805 metres (2,641.1 ft), from underground sources drained from the Triglav Lakes Valley
Triglav Lakes Valley
The Triglav Lakes Valley or the Lake Triglav Valley is a rocky hanging valley in the Julian Alps in Slovenia, below the sheer sides of mountains Tičarica and Zelnarica to the southwest of Triglav. The valley is also called the Seven Lakes Valley , although there are ten and not seven lakes in the...
. Until Lake Bohinj
Lake Bohinj
Lake Bohinj is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. Lake Bohinj is located in the Bohinj municipality in the north-west of the country, and is inside Triglav National Park.-Description:Lake Bohinj is 4.2 km long and 1 km at its maximum width...
, the river is known as the Savica ("little Sava"), and features Savica Falls a 60 m high waterfall at its source. Then the Savica River flows through the Ukanc Gorge
Ukanc
Ukanc is a settlement at the far end of Lake Bohinj in the Bohinj municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The majority of buildings in the settlement are either hotels or holiday houses.-External links:*...
, where the 3 MW Savica power plant is located. Then it flows into Lake Bohinj
Lake Bohinj
Lake Bohinj is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. Lake Bohinj is located in the Bohinj municipality in the north-west of the country, and is inside Triglav National Park.-Description:Lake Bohinj is 4.2 km long and 1 km at its maximum width...
, creating a small delta. Afterward, as the Sava Bohinjka, it flows through Bohinjska Bistrica
Bohinjska Bistrica
Bohinjska Bistrica is the largest settlement in the Bohinj municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.Bohinjska Bistrica lies in the valley between the river Sava Bohinjka, the hills Dobrava and Ajdovski gradec, and the streams Bistrica and Belica...
, Bohinjska Bela
Bohinjska Bela
Bohinjska Bela is a village in the Municipality of Bled in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.Bohinjska Bela lies on the left bank of the Sava Bohinjka River, southwest of Bled. The oldest part of the settlement, locally known as Spodnja vas or Dolenja vas is believed to be over a thousand...
, and close to Lake Bled
Lake Bled
Lake Bled is a glacial lake in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a popular tourist destination.-Geography and history:...
, before it joins the Sava Dolinka near Radovljica.
From Radovljica to Dolsko
Dolsko
Dolsko is a settlement northeast of Ljubljana in the Dol pri Ljubljani Municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.The local church, built outside the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Agatha.- External links :*...
east of Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, the Sava flows across the Ljubljana Basin
Ljubljana basin
The Ljubljana Basin is a basin in the upper river basin of Sava. It is the most populated area in Slovenia and it is metropolitan area of Ljubljana.- Cities and towns :* Ljubljana** Brezovica** Škofljica** Ig** Vodice** Dobrova-Polhov Gradec...
. Then it enters the Central Sava Valley and the Lower Sava Valley .
Geography
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
(115 km2). Its average discharge at Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia, is 255 m3/s, while in Belgrade it is 1,722 m3/s. It also becomes very deep, up to 28–30 m near the villages of Hrtkovci
Hrtkovci
Hrtkovci is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,428 people...
and Bosut, in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. In Serbia it creates several big river islands, including Podgorička ada near Provo
Provo (Vladimirci)
Provo is a Serbian village located in the Vladimirci municipality of the Mačva District, with an altitude of 86 meters. As of 2002 the population of Provo is 2,355.-External links:**...
and 2.7 km2 Ada Ciganlija
Ada Ciganlija
Ada Ciganlija , colloquially shortened to Ada, is a river island that has artificially been turned into a peninsula, located in the Sava River's course through central Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name can also refer to the adjoining artificial Sava Lake and its beach...
in Belgrade, the most popular Belgrade resort. The island has been connected to the right bank of the river with three causeways creating an artificial lake called "Lake Sava" with an area of 0.8 km2. It is nicknamed the "Belgrade Sea" and it is known to attract up to 350,000 visitors daily in the summer season.
The river has high electricity production potential in its upper course, up to 3.2 (including tributaries 4.7) billion kWh, which has not been used until lately. In addition to the Moste and Savica power plants, there is a third on the Sava, the Medvode power plant (17.8 MW), near Ljubljana. There are also several hydroelectric plants under construction, of which the Vrhovo and Boštanj power plants have already begun electricity production.
The river bed is not regulated for the most of its length. This causes floods from time to time, which can affect as much as 5,000 km2 of mostly very fertile land (the Sava Valley
Posavina
Posavina is a Slavic name for the region of the Sava river basin in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia that is adjacent or near the Sava river itself.-History:...
). In October 1964 the Sava flooded Zagreb almost to the center, causing heavy damage and human casualties, after which high levee
Levee
A levee, levée, dike , embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels...
s were built. In 1981 and April 2006, the Sava flooded lower parts of Belgrade. In 1977 & 1980 both federal and inter-republican agreements were signed about regulating the Sava, which were supposed 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 the year 2000. However, not much was done and Yugoslavia itself broke up in 1991.
East of Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, the Sava flows through a 90 km long gorge and afterward the Brežice-Krško Plain. As the Pannonian Sea
Pannonian Sea
The Pannonian Sea was a shallow ancient sea located in the area today known as the Pannonian Plain in Central Europe. The Pannonian Sea existed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, when three to four kilometres of marine sediments were deposited in the Pannonian Basin.-History:The Pannonian Sea...
receded, the Sava grew longer and longer, carving the Sava Trench through which it flows to the east. Together with lower courses of Bosnian rivers which became its tributaries, it created huge floodplains. Becoming wide (at Šabac
Šabac
Šabac is a city and municipality in western Serbia, along the Sava river, in the historic region of Mačva. It is the administrative center of the Mačva District. The city has a population of 52,822 , while population of the municipality is 115,347...
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 Pannonian bed to the south and by the force of its many right tributaries to the north. Old riverbeds turned into swamps and ponds known as "dead water" and "old water" . The best known is one of the biggest ponds in Serbia and one of the biggest wild birds reservation areas in Europe, Obedska bara.
The hydrological parameters of Sava are regularly monitored in Croatia at Jesenice
Jesenice
Jesenice is a town and a municipality in Slovenia, on the Slovene side of the Karavanke mountain range, bordering Austria to the north. It is known as the home of Slovenia's largest steel company, Acroni, and the hockey club it sponsors, Acroni Jesenice. The town name derives from the ash tree ,...
, Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Crnac
Crnac
Crnac is a village and municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County. It has a total population of 1,467, distributed in the following settlements:* Breštanovci, population 152* Crnac, population 494* Krivaja Pustara, population 3...
, Jasenovac
Jasenovac
Jasenovac is a village and a municipality in Croatian Slavonia, in the southern part of the Sisak-Moslavina county at the confluence of the river Una into Sava.The name means "ash tree" or "ash forest" in Croatian, the area being ringed by such a forest....
, Davor, Slavonski Brod
Slavonski Brod
Slavonski Brod is a city in Croatia, with a population of 59,507 in 2011. The city was known as Marsonia in the Roman Empire, and as Brod na Savi 1244–1934. It is the sixth largest city in Croatia, after Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar. Located in the region of Slavonia, it is the...
, Slavonski Šamac
Slavonski Šamac
Slavonski Šamac is a village and a port on the river Sava in Croatia. The town is located in Brod-Posavina county in the region of Slavonia. The population of Slavonski Šamac itself is 1,256 ; the municipality, which includes the village of Kruševica, has a total population of 2,649.On the opposite...
, and Županja
Županja
Županja is a city in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, located 254 km east of Zagreb. It is administratively part of the Vukovar-Syrmia county. It is inhabited by 12,185 people ....
.
Major tributaries
Right tributaries:- Radovna, joins Sava at MosteMoste, ŽirovnicaMoste is one of ten villages in the Žirovnica municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.The church in the centre of the village is dedicated to Saint Martin. It is a single aisle church with late Gothic features and frescoes on the interior dating to 1430. The altar dates to 1638 and...
, Slovenia - SoraSora (river)The Sora is a right affluent of the Sava River in the northeastern part of Slovenia. The Sora gathers its waters mainly from the Škofja Loka Hills. Its source branches are the Poljane Sora , named after the Poljane Valley , and the Selca Sora , named after the Selca Valley . The Poljane Sora is...
, mouth at MedvodeMedvodeMedvode is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. The Sava and Sora rivers join in Medvode, from which the town's name is derived. Two large factories, Color and Donit, are based in Medvode. The Sava River at Medvode is also the location of the Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant.-External links:*...
, Slovenia - LjubljanicaLjubljanicaThe Ljubljanica is a river in the southern part of Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, is situated on the river. The Ljubljanica rises to the south of the town Vrhnika and outflows in the Sava River about downstream from Ljubljana. Its largest affluent is Mali graben....
, at LjubljanaLjubljanaLjubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, Slovenia - Mirna, at BoštanjBoštanjBoštanj is a settlement the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava statistical region....
, Slovenia - KrkaKrka (Slovenia)The Krka is a river in the historic Lower Carniola region of Slovenia, a right tributary of the Sava.It sources at Gradiček near the village of Krka, about southwest of Ivančna Gorica and around southeast of Ljubljana, before flowing southeast...
, at BrežiceBrežiceBrežice is a city and municipality in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. The area was traditionally divided between Lower Styria and Lower Carniola...
, Slovenia - KupaKupa (river)The Kupa or Kolpa river forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia.The Kupa originates in Croatia in the mountainous region of Gorski kotar, northeast of Rijeka, in the area of Risnjak National Park...
, at SisakSisakSisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...
, Croatia - Sunja, at PuskaPuskaPuska is a village in Croatia.Puskas are two pumpkins completely in love....
, Croatia - Una, at UšticaUšticaUštica is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D47 highway....
on the Croatian-Bosnian border - VrbaškaVrbaškaVrbaška is a village in the municipality of Gradiška, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
, near VrbaškaVrbaškaVrbaška is a village in the municipality of Gradiška, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
, Bosnia (and Gornji VarošGornji VarošGornji Varoš is a village in Croatia....
, Croatia) - VrbasVrbas RiverThe Vrbas is a major river in western Bosnia and Herzegovina.It is a right tributary of the river Sava. The city of Banja Luka is located on the river banks...
, near SrbacSrbacSrbac , is a town and municipality on the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croatia. Srbac is located in the Republika Srpska entity at the entry of river Vrbas into river Sava.-Name:...
, Bosnia - Ukrina, near Novo Selo/Brod, Bosnia
- BosnaBosnaThe Bosna is the third longest river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is considered one of the country's three major internal rivers, along with the Neretva and Vrbas Rivers; the other three major rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina are the Una, to the northwest, the Sava, to the north, and the Drina,...
, at Šamac, Bosnia - BrkaBrkaBrka is a village in the municipality of Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
, at BrčkoBrckoBrčko can refer to the following related geographical locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina:* Brčko District* Brčko...
, Bosnia - Tinja, near KrepšićKrepšićKrepšić is a village in the municipality of Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
, Bosnia - Lukovac, near Vršani, Bosnia
- Dašnica, north of BatkovićBatkovićBatković is a village in the municipality of Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
, Bosnia - DrinaDrinaThe Drina is a 346 kilometer long river, which forms most of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube river watershed...
, near Bosanska Rača on the Bosnian-Serbian border - JerezJerez RiverThe Jerez is a river in western Serbia, a 56 km-long right tributary to the Sava river.-Pocerina section:...
, near ŠabacŠabacŠabac is a city and municipality in western Serbia, along the Sava river, in the historic region of Mačva. It is the administrative center of the Mačva District. The city has a population of 52,822 , while population of the municipality is 115,347...
, Serbia - Kolubara, near BaričBaričBarič is a village situated in Obrenovac municipality in Serbia....
/ObrenovacObrenovacObrenovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44°40′ North, 20°13′ East. Its name stems from last name "Obrenović" which in turn stems from name "Obren" in Serbian language. In 2003 the municipality has total population of 75,949...
, Serbia - Topčiderska reka, at BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Serbia
Left tributaries:
- Tržiška BistricaTržiška BistricaThe Tržiška Bistrica is a river of Slovenia. The river is in length.-References:...
, joins Sava at PodbrezjePodbrezjePodbrezje is a village in the municipality of Naklo in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It has become a single settlement, but is actually made up of what were, before the Second World War, the three separate villages of Dolenja vas, Srednja vas and Podtabor. The settlement lies on a terrace...
, Slovenia - KokraKokra-References:...
, mouth at KranjKranj' is the third largest municipality and fourth largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 54,500 . It is located approximately 20 km north-west of Ljubljana...
, Slovenia - Kamniška BistricaKamniška BistricaKamniška Bistrica is an Alpine river in northern Slovenia, left tributary of the river Sava. It springs from the Kamnik Alps , near the border with Austria. It is long. The Kamniška Bistrica flows through the town of Kamnik, where it is fed by the river Nevljica...
, at Dol pri LjubljaniDol pri LjubljaniDol pri Ljubljani is a settlement and a municipality in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia statistical region....
, Slovenia - SavinjaSavinjaThe Savinja is a river in northeast Slovenia which flows mostly in the Upper and Lower Savinja valley and through the cities of Celje and Laško. The Savinja is the main river of the Savinja Alps . It flows into Sava River at the town of Zidani Most. It has often flooded, such as in the 1960s,...
, at Zidani MostZidani MostZidani Most is a settlement in the Municipality of Laško in eastern Slovenia. It lies at the confluence of the Sava and Savinja rivers. The area was traditionally part of the Lower Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja statistical region. It is an...
, Slovenia - Sotla/Sutla, near the Slovenian–Croatian border at Drenje BrdovečkoDrenje BrdovečkoDrenje Brdovečko is a small settlement near Brdovec, Zagreb County. It has a total land area of 7.13km2. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 694....
/Savski MarofSavski MarofSavski Marof is a naselje in the municipality of Brdovec, Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, it has 35 inhabitants living in an area of . This makes it the least dense settlement and the smallest by population in Brdovec. It is second-smallest by area .- References :...
, Croatia, near Jesenice, BrežiceJesenice, BrežiceJesenice, sometimes also Jesenice na Dolenjskem, is a settlement on the right bank of the river Sava in the Brežice Municipality in eastern Slovenia, right on the border with Croatia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. During the Second World War it was one of five Slovene...
, Slovenia - Krapina, near ZaprešićZaprešicZaprešić is a city in Zagreb County in Croatia. Its population is 25.875 inhabitants for the city proper, and over 51,000 for its seven-municipality metropolitan area. Zaprešić is the third-largest, and most densely populated division of the county. It is located northwest of the Croatian capital...
, Croatia - LonjaLonjaLonja is a river in central Croatia, a left tributary of Sava. It is long and its basin covers an area of .Lonja rises in the Kalnik mountain in northern Croatia, southeast of Novi Marof, at . It flows westward until turning south near Breznički Hum, passing east of Sveti Ivan Zelina, and turning...
, at LonjaLonjaLonja is a river in central Croatia, a left tributary of Sava. It is long and its basin covers an area of .Lonja rises in the Kalnik mountain in northern Croatia, southeast of Novi Marof, at . It flows westward until turning south near Breznički Hum, passing east of Sveti Ivan Zelina, and turning...
and at Trebež, Croatia - Veliki Strug, west of Stara GradiškaStara GradiškaStara Gradiška is a village and a municipality in the Brod-Posavina county of Croatia. It has 542 residents, while the municipality has 1,717 , in six other smaller villages...
, Croatia - Trnava, east of Stara GradiškaStara GradiškaStara Gradiška is a village and a municipality in the Brod-Posavina county of Croatia. It has 542 residents, while the municipality has 1,717 , in six other smaller villages...
, Croatia - OrljavaOrljavaOrljava is a river in Slavonia, eastern Croatia, a left tributary of Sava. It is long and its basin covers an area of .Orljava rises in the mountainous forested areas of Psunj, south of Bučje. It receives influx from smaller rivers that rise in the mountains of Papuk and Požeška gora...
, near Slavonski Kobaš and Bosanski Kobaš - Bosut, at Bosut, Serbia
Settlements
Crnuce
The Črnuče District or simply Črnuče is a city district in the northern part of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It on the left bank of the Sava River....
or Zalog, and so the Sava now flows through Ljubljana's outskirts. In both Zagreb and Belgrade, the Sava divides old and new parts of the cities (Zagreb-Novi Zagreb, Belgrade-Novi Beograd). After Ljubljana, the Sava flows through Litija
Litija
Litija is a town and a municipality in central Slovenia. It is located in the valley of the river Sava, to the east of the capital Ljubljana. Traditionally, the area was situated on the border between the historical provinces of Carniola and Styria. Most of the municipality belonged to the...
and the highly industrialized Central Sava Valley, including the cities of Zagorje ob Savi
Zagorje ob Savi
Zagorje ob Savi is a town and a municipality in central Slovenia. It is located in the valley of Medija Creek, a minor left-bank tributary of the Sava River, east of Ljubljana southwest of Celje, and west of Trbovlje. Traditionally the area was part of the Upper Carniola region. The entire...
, Trbovlje
Trbovlje
Trbovlje is a town and municipality in central Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava statistical region. Located in the valley of a minor left bank tributary of the Sava River, the area is known for its...
, and Hrastnik
Hrastnik
Hrastnik is a town and a municipality in central Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava statistical region. Located in the valley of a minor left bank tributary of the Sava River, the area is known for its...
, continuing past the important railway junction of Zidani Most
Zidani Most
Zidani Most is a settlement in the Municipality of Laško in eastern Slovenia. It lies at the confluence of the Sava and Savinja rivers. The area was traditionally part of the Lower Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja statistical region. It is an...
, and on to Radeče
Radece
Radeče is small town and a municipality in the Lower Sava Valley in eastern Slovenia. It is located in the Sava Hills on the right bank of the Sava River at the confluence with Sopota Creek. It is part of the traditional province of Lower Carniola...
, Sevnica
Sevnica
Sevnica is a town and a municipality in central Slovenia.The town itself is situated on the left bank of the Sava River, and is one of the three major settlements in the Lower Sava Valley. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava statistical region...
, Krško
Krško
Krško is a town and municipality in eastern Slovenia. The town lies on the Sava River. The area is traditionally divided between Lower Styria and Lower Carniola...
, Brežice
Brežice
Brežice is a city and municipality in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. The area was traditionally divided between Lower Styria and Lower Carniola...
, and Čatež after which it crosses into Croatia. Passing through Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, it continues through Sisak
Sisak
Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...
at the mouth of Kupa River, and Jasenovac
Jasenovac concentration camp
Jasenovac concentration camp was the largest extermination camp in the Independent State of Croatia and occupied Yugoslavia during World War II...
, where it forms the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, with many dual settlements on both sides of the border: Bosanska Gradiška/Stara Gradiška
Stara Gradiška
Stara Gradiška is a village and a municipality in the Brod-Posavina county of Croatia. It has 542 residents, while the municipality has 1,717 , in six other smaller villages...
, Srbac
Srbac
Srbac , is a town and municipality on the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croatia. Srbac is located in the Republika Srpska entity at the entry of river Vrbas into river Sava.-Name:...
/Davor
Davor
Davor is a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, next to the city of Slavonski Brod, Croatia. There are 3,259 inhabitants, of whom an absolute majority are Croats ....
, Bosanski Kobaš/Slavonski Kobaš, Bosanski Brod
Bosanski Brod
Brod also known as Bosanski Brod is a town and municipality located on the south bank of the river Sava in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the north-western part of the Republika Srpska and the western part of the Posavina region.-Name:Prior to the Bosnian War it...
/Slavonski Brod
Slavonski Brod
Slavonski Brod is a city in Croatia, with a population of 59,507 in 2011. The city was known as Marsonia in the Roman Empire, and as Brod na Savi 1244–1934. It is the sixth largest city in Croatia, after Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar. Located in the region of Slavonia, it is the...
, Bosanski Šamac
Šamac
Šamac also known as Bosanski Šamac , is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the right bank of the Sava river...
/Slavonski Šamac
Slavonski Šamac
Slavonski Šamac is a village and a port on the river Sava in Croatia. The town is located in Brod-Posavina county in the region of Slavonia. The population of Slavonski Šamac itself is 1,256 ; the municipality, which includes the village of Kruševica, has a total population of 2,649.On the opposite...
, Orašje
Orašje
Orašje is a town in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the river Sava on the border with Croatia. Orašje is the center of the Posavina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
/Županja
Županja
Županja is a city in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, located 254 km east of Zagreb. It is administratively part of the Vukovar-Syrmia county. It is inhabited by 12,185 people ....
, and Brčko
Brcko (city)
Brčko is a city in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, administrative seat of the Brčko District. It lies on the country's border along the Sava river across from Gunja, Croatia...
/Gunja
Gunja
Gunja is a village and municipality in the hinterland of the left banks of the Sava in the region of Spačva, Croatia, 31.42 km southeast of Županja; elevation 84 m. In the 2001 census, the population was 5,003, with 64.3% declaring themselves Croats and 13.77% Bosniaks. Chief occupations...
, soon after which it enters Serbia, where important places are: Jamena
Jamena
Jamena is a village in the region of Srem, southwestern Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Šid. Jamena has a population of 1,130 , but it is declining. Most of the inhabitants of the village are ethnic Serbs...
, Sremska Rača
Sremska Raca
Sremska Rača , , is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province...
, Sremska Mitrovica
Sremska Mitrovica
Sremska Mitrovica is a city and municipality located in the Vojvodina province of Serbia, on the left bank of the Sava river. As of 2002 the town had a total population of 39,041, while Sremska Mitrovica municipality had a population of 85,605...
, Klenak, and Šabac
Šabac
Šabac is a city and municipality in western Serbia, along the Sava river, in the historic region of Mačva. It is the administrative center of the Mačva District. The city has a population of 52,822 , while population of the municipality is 115,347...
. Then it flows through the Belgrade suburbs of Zabrežje
Zabrežje
Zabrežje is a village situated in Obrenovac municipality in Serbia....
, Obrenovac
Obrenovac
Obrenovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44°40′ North, 20°13′ East. Its name stems from last name "Obrenović" which in turn stems from name "Obren" in Serbian language. In 2003 the municipality has total population of 75,949...
, Umka
Umka
Umka is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Čukarica.-Location and geography:Umka is located 22 km south-west of Belgrade, on the right bank of the Sava river...
, and Ostružnica
Ostružnica
Ostružnica is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Čukarica....
until it finally empties into the Danube in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
.
Navigation and traffic
The Sava is navigable for 593 km, from its confluence with the Danube until the mouth of the Kupa at SisakSisak
Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...
. Smaller crafts can navigate further upstream until Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, but there are plans of dredging it to become fully navigable. The river is open for international flowing and conditions with regard to available depth are varying according to the meteorological circumstances.
The Sava Valley is also a natural route for land traffic, which includes the railway and Belgrade-Zagreb freeway 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, the river is very polluted east of Sisak and not much has been done to improve its conditions.
Tradition
The Baptism at the Savica Waterfall is a national epicNational epic
A national epic is an epic poem or a literary work of epic scope which seeks or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular nation; not necessarily a nation-state, but at least an ethnic or linguistic group with aspirations to independence or autonomy...
written by the most influential Slovene poet France Prešeren
France Prešeren
France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....
.
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 has a "Slavic tone," the river's name is not Slavic
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
but Celtic
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...
and Roman
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
in origin; the Latin name was Savus. The old Celts associated their river goddess Adsullata
Adsullata
In Celtic mythology, Adsullata was a river goddess of the Continental Celts associated with the River Savus in Noricum. This deity is known from a single inscription found at Saudörfel, Austria....
with the Savus.
Geopolitics
The Sava marks the northwestern boundary of the Balkan peninsulaBalkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
(Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe is a relatively recent political designation for the states of the Balkans. Writers such as Maria Todorova and Vesna Goldsworthy have suggested the use of the term Southeastern Europe to replace the word Balkans for the region, to minimize potential...
). All lands north of the Sava (e.g. Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
, northern Croatia, most of Slovenia, etc.) are geographically within Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
. With the changes of the political climate, the boundary also changed. In Yugoslav times the whole Sava was considered the border (thus promoting mutuality among different Yugoslav peoples), which placed even parts of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
area) as a part of the Balkan peninsula. After splitting from Yugoslavia, the border was set by some to be the Sava-Kupa line (The Kupa forms a part of the southern Slovenian border, with Croatia), and then to the Adriatic
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
; placing Belgrade in the Balkans, but Zagreb and Ljubljana outside the Balkans.
Sava was the longest river flowing completely within Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, until the breakup of the country in 1991.
Sport
The river is adjacent to the Tacen Whitewater CourseTacen Whitewater Course
The Tacen Whitewater Course is a venue for canoe and kayak slalom competition in Tacen, Slovenia, a suburb of Ljubljana. Located on the Sava River, eight kilometers northwest of the city center, it is known locally as KKK Tacen . The course played an important role in development of the sport...
which hosts a major international competition almost every year,, examples being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they had taken place in odd-numbered years...
in 1955
1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Tacen, Yugoslavia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. The Mixed C-2 event debutted at these championships.-Canoe:-Kayak:-Canoe:-Kayak:-Medals table:...
, 1991
1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Tacen, Yugoslavia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. This was one of the last events held in Yugoslavia prior to the Yugoslav wars and subsequent breakup...
, and 2010
2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held 8–12 September 2010 at Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time...
.
See also
- The International Sava River Basin Commission
- International Commission for the Protection of the Danube RiverInternational Commission for the Protection of the Danube RiverThe International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River is an international organisation with its permanent secretariat in Vienna. It was established by the Danube River Protection Convention, signed by the Danube countries in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1994.The commission became active in 1998...
- PosavinaPosavinaPosavina is a Slavic name for the region of the Sava river basin in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia that is adjacent or near the Sava river itself.-History:...