Lonja is a river in central
Croatia
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, a left tributary of the
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) 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 th ...
. It is long and its basin covers an area of .
The Lonja rises in the
Kalnik mountain in northern Croatia, southeast of
Novi Marof
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, at . It flows westward until turning south near
Breznički Hum
Breznički Hum is a village and municipality in Croatia in Varaždin County. According to the 2011 census, there are 1,356 inhabitants, absolute majority of whom are Croats
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, passing east of
Sveti Ivan Zelina
Sveti Ivan Zelina () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia.
Geography
Sveti Ivan Zelina is north-east from Zagreb, connected:
* by A4 highway (Zagreb - Sv.Helena), then state road Sv.Helena - Sveti Ivan Zelina,
Population
In the 2011 Croatian ce ...
, 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. It is part of Moslavina.
Geography
Ivanić-Grad is located south-east from Zagreb, connected:
* by highway A3 (Bregana-Zagreb-Ivanić-Grad-Slavonski Brod-Lipovac)
* by train ...
and nearing the river
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) 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 th ...
.
It then flows in parallel to the Sava for the rest of its course, and the nature park
Lonjsko polje
Lonjsko Polje (English: ''Lonja Field'') is the largest protected wetland in both Croatia and the entire Danube basin. It covers an area of , extending along the river Sava from the areas east of Sisak, the lower course of the river Lonja for ...
, 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 Sava some 5.5 km downstream in the eponymous village of Trebež at .
The main tributaries of the Lonja are:
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Česma
Česma is a river in central Croatia, a left tributary of the river Lonja-Trebež.
It is long, and its catchment area is .
Created by merging streams ''Grđevica'' and ''Barna'' at near the village of Pavlovac in the municipality of Veliki ...
(Čazma) (106 km long), which joins Lonja northeast of
Sisak
Sisak (; hu, Sziszek ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavin ...
*
Zelina, south of
Ivanić-Grad
Ivanić-Grad or Ivanić Grad ( is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of Moslavina.
Geography
Ivanić-Grad is located south-east from Zagreb, connected:
* by highway A3 (Bregana-Zagreb-Ivanić-Grad-Slavonski Brod-Lipovac)
* by train ...
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References
Rivers of Croatia
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