The Lonja is a river in central
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
, a left tributary of the
Sava
The Sava, is a river in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. From its source in Slovenia it flows through Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally reac ...
. It is long and its basin covers an area of .
The 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 southeast near
Sveta Helena. East of
Lupoglav, it turns south again, passing through
Ivanić-Grad
Ivanić-Grad or Ivanić Grad () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia.
Geography
Ivanić-Grad is located south-east from Zagreb, connected:
* by highway A3 (Bregana-Zagreb-Ivanić-Grad-Slavonski Brod-Lipovac)
* by train on direction Zagreb - Sl ...
and nearing the river
Sava
The Sava, is a river in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. From its source in Slovenia it flows through Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally reac ...
.
The flow of the Lonja has been altered with man-made canals: the diversion canal
Črnec – Lonja (Žutica),
the flood relief canal Lonja – Strug, and the connecting canal
Zelina – Lonja –
Glogovnica
Glogovnica is a river in central Croatia, a right tributary of Česma. It is long.
Glogovnica rises in the southeastern part of Kalnik near the village of Apatovac, and flows towards the south, passing east of the eponymous
An eponym is a n ...
–
Česma
The Česma is a river in central Croatia, a left tributary of the river Lonja-Trebež.
It is long, and its catchment area is .
It is created by merging streams ''Grđevica'' and ''Barna'' at near the village of Pavlovac in the municipality o ...
.
It then flows parallel to the Sava for the rest of its course, and the nature park
Lonjsko polje, a protected area, covers the remainder of the Lonja river basin. Near the end of its course, the river splits into ''Stara Lonja'' ("Old Lonja") that enters Sava at the eponymous village of Lonja; and ''Trebeš'' or ''Trebež'' that discharges into the Sava some 5.5 km downstream in the eponymous village of Trebež at .
The main tributaries of the Lonja are:
*
Česma
The Česma is a river in central Croatia, a left tributary of the river Lonja-Trebež.
It is long, and its catchment area is .
It is created by merging streams ''Grđevica'' and ''Barna'' at near the village of Pavlovac in the municipality o ...
(Čazma) (106 km long), which joins Lonja northeast of
Sisak
*
Zelina, south of
Ivanić-Grad
Ivanić-Grad or Ivanić Grad () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia.
Geography
Ivanić-Grad is located south-east from Zagreb, connected:
* by highway A3 (Bregana-Zagreb-Ivanić-Grad-Slavonski Brod-Lipovac)
* by train on direction Zagreb - Sl ...
Maps
References
Rivers of Croatia
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