Sava

Sava
Sava River in Belgrade, Serbia
Map of the Sava watershed
Native name	Sava (Slovene) Sava / Сава (Serbo-Croatian) Száva (Hungarian)
Location
Countries	Slovenia Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina Serbia
Cities	Kranj Ljubljana Zagreb Sisak Slavonski Brod Brčko Sremska Mitrovica Šabac Obrenovac Belgrade
Physical characteristics
Source	Zelenci
• location	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
• coordinates	46°29′31″N 13°44′16″E / 46.49194°N 13.73778°E / 46.49194; 13.73778
• elevation	833 m (2,733 ft)
Mouth	Danube
• location	Belgrade, Serbia
• coordinates	44°49′27″N 20°26′38″E / 44.82417°N 20.44389°E / 44.82417; 20.44389
• elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Length	992 km (616 mi)[1] a
Basin size	97713.2 km2 (37727.3 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	the river mouth
• average	1609 m3/s (56800 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• left	Savinja, Sutla, Krapina, Lonja, Ilova-Trebež, Orljava, Bosut, Jarcina
• right	Sora, Ljubljanica, Krka, Kupa, Una, Vrbas, Ukrina, Bosna, Tolisa, Tinja, Drina, Kolubara
a Including 45 km (28 mi) Sava Dolinka headwater

The Sava^[a] is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally through Serbia, feeding into the Danube in its capital, Belgrade. The Sava forms the main northern limit of the Balkan Peninsula, and the 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 largest tributary of the Danube by volume of water, and the second-largest after the Tisza in terms of catchment area (97713km²) 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 the longest tributaries of another river.

The population in the Sava River basin is estimated at 8,176,000, and is shared by three capital cities: Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade. The Sava is about 2⁄3-navigable for larger vessels: from the confluence of the Kupa in Sisak a few kilometers below Zagreb.

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