Ilova 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 t ...
. It is long and its basin covers an area of .
Ilova rises in the hilly areas of eastern
Bilogora Bilogora (Bilo-gora, or ''Bilogorje'', ''Bilo-gorje'') is a low mountainous range in Central Croatia. It consists of a series of hills and small plains some 80 kilometres in length stretching in the direction northwest-southeast, along the southwest ...
, south of
Virovitica and
Suhopolje, and flows towards the southwest, forming a series of lakes near
Veliki Zdenci. It turns to the south near
Garešnica, 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
Kutina, and then flows into the Sava in the eastern part of
Lonjsko Polje nature park, about 3 km downstream from the mouth of the
Lonja.
References
Rivers of Croatia
Landforms of Sisak-Moslavina County
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