Sava (river): Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Sava also Save (German Save, Hungarian Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. Right side feeder of Danube at Belgrade. Length: 940 km. Watershed: 95,720 km². In Roman times the river was named Savus.

The Sava has two main springs. The spring of Sava Dolinka is in Zelenci near Kranjska Gora while Sava Bohinjka flows out of the Lake Bohinj. The confluence of both forks is near Radovljica (a town northwest of Kranj) and the river is known as the Sava past that point.

Its main tributaries are in Slovenia: the Savinja, Mirna and Krka rivers, in Croatia: the Kupa (Slovenian Kolpa), Lonja, Orljava and Bosut rivers, in Bosnia: the Una, Vrbas, Ukrina, Bosna, Tinja, Lukovac and Drina rivers and in Serbia the Kolubara river.

Major cities along the Sava are in Slovenia: Kranj, Zagorje ob Savi, Trbovlje, Hrastnik, Radeče, Sevnica, Krško, Brežice, in Croatia: Zagreb, Sisak, Slavonski Brod and Županja, in Bosnia: Bosanski Šamac and Brčko and in Serbia: Sremska Mitrovica, Šabac and of course Belgrade.