Ilova is a river in central

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, a left tributary of the

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. It is long and its basin covers an area of . Ilova rises in the hilly areas of eastern

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, south of

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and

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, and flows towards the southwest, forming a series of lakes near

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. It turns to the south near

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, where there are another set of lakes at the confluence with the river Toplica that rises in Papuk. It then turns westward to pass near the eponymous village of Ilova south of

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, and then flows into the Sava in the eastern part of

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nature park, about 3 km downstream from the mouth of the

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