Glina is a river in central
Croatia
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and
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
, a right tributary of
Kupa
The Kupa () or Kolpa ( or ; from la, Colapis in Roman times; hu, Kulpa) river, a right tributary of the Sava, forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia. It is long, with its border part having a length of and th ...
. It is long and its basin covers an area of .
Glina rises in the mountainous forested areas of
Kordun
The Kordun () region is a part of central Croatia from the bottom of the Petrova Gora (Peter's mountain) mountain range, which extends along the rivers Korana and Slunjčica, and forms part of the border region to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within C ...
, northeast of
Slunj
Slunj ( Hungarian ''Szluin'', old German ''Sluin'', Latin ''Slovin'', archaic Croatian ''Slovin grad'') is a town in the mountainous part of Central Croatia, located along the important North-South route to the Adriatic Sea between Karlovac and ...
, near the village of
Glinsko Vrelo (lit. "the source of Glina"). It flows north before turning east near the village of
Veljunska Glina. As it reaches the village of
Maljevac
Maljevac is a village in Croatia, lying on the Glina River. It is connected by the D216 (Croatia), D216 highway. It houses a mosque attended to by the local Bosnian Muslim population.
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, it touches the border of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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(north of
Velika Kladuša
Velika Kladuša ( sr-cyrl, Велика Кладуша, ; lit. "Great Kladuša") is a town and municipality located in Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the far n ...
), whose path it forms (roughly) for about up to the village of
Katinovac
Katinovac ( sr-Cyrl, Катиновац) is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Topusko, Sisak-Moslavina County.
History
Demographics
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. There it turns northeast, passes by
Topusko
Topusko is a municipality in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia. Topusko is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.
Demographics
The populati ...
and finally the eponymous
town of Glina. At the village of
Marinbrod
Marinbrod is a village in Croatia
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it turns north, and flows into the river
Kupa
The Kupa () or Kolpa ( or ; from la, Colapis in Roman times; hu, Kulpa) river, a right tributary of the Sava, forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia. It is long, with its border part having a length of and th ...
southwest of
Slana, at .
References
Rivers of Croatia
Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
International rivers of Europe
Landforms of Karlovac County
Landforms of Sisak-Moslavina County
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia border
Border rivers
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