List of rivers of Croatia
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This is a list of rivers in Croatia
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| River | Length (within Croatia) (km) | Total length (km) | Drains into | |
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| 1. | Sava | 562 | 945 | Danube Danube The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway.... |
| 2. | Drava Drava Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and... |
505 | 749 | Danube Danube The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway.... |
| 3. | Kupa Kupa River (Croatia) The Kupa or Kolpa river forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia.The Kupa originates in Croatia in the mountainous region of Gorski kotar, northeast of Rijeka, in the area of Risnjak National Park... |
296 | 296 | Sava |
| 4. | Danube Danube The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway.... |
188 | 2860 | Black Sea Black Sea The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean... |
| 5. | Bosut | 151 | 186 | Sava |
| 6. | Korana Korana The Korana is a river in central Croatia and west Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river has a total length of and watershed area of .It rises in the eastern parts of Lika, creates the world-famous Plitvice Lakes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Downstream from Plitvice Lakes the Korana river forms a 25... |
134 | 134 | Kupa Kupa River (Croatia) The Kupa or Kolpa river forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia.The Kupa originates in Croatia in the mountainous region of Gorski kotar, northeast of Rijeka, in the area of Risnjak National Park... |
| 7. | Bednja Bednja (river) Bednja is a river in northern Croatia, a right tributary of Drava. It is long and its basin covers an area of .Bednja rises in the mountainous forested areas near Macelj in northern Croatia, west of Trakošćan, where it also forms a lake at 255 m.a.s.l.... |
133 | 133 | Drava Drava Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and... |
| 8. | Lonja-Trebež | 133 | 133 | Sava |
| 9. | Česma Česma Česma is a river in central Croatia, the 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 Grđevac.... |
124 | 124 | Lonja-Trebež |
| 10. | Una | 120 | 212 | Sava |
| 11. | Vuka Vuka Vuka is a river in eastern Croatia, a right tributary of the Danube river. At it is the 11th longest river in Croatia and it has a drainage area of . The river is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County, in Slavonia region. It empties into the Danube at the town of Vukovar, which got its name from the... |
112 | 112 | Danube Danube The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway.... |
| 12. | Dobra | 104 | 104 | Kupa Kupa River (Croatia) The Kupa or Kolpa river forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia.The Kupa originates in Croatia in the mountainous region of Gorski kotar, northeast of Rijeka, in the area of Risnjak National Park... |
| 13. | Cetina Cetina Cetina is a river in southern Croatia. It has a length of and its basin covers an area of . Cetina descends from an altitude of 385 m at its source to the sea level when it flows into the Adriatic Sea. It is the most water-rich river in Dalmatia.... |
101 | 101 | Adriatic Sea Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges... |
| 14. | Glina | 100 | 100 | Kupa Kupa River (Croatia) The Kupa or Kolpa river forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia.The Kupa originates in Croatia in the mountainous region of Gorski kotar, northeast of Rijeka, in the area of Risnjak National Park... |
| 15. | Karašica Karašica The Karašica River flows through Valpovo and is a right tributary of the Drava River.It should not be confused with the Karašica River in nearby Baranja, which flows into the Danube.... |
91 | 91 | Drava Drava Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and... |
| 16. | Sutla | 89 | 92 | Sava |
| 17. | Orljava Orljava Orljava is a river in Slavonia, eastern Croatia, a left tributary of Sava. It is long and its basin covers an area of .Orljava rises in the mountainous forested areas of Psunj, south of Bučje. It receives influx from smaller rivers that rise in the mountains of Papuk and Požeška gora... |
89 | 89 | Sava |
| 18. | Ilova | 85 | 85 | Lonja-Trebež |
| 19. | Odra | 83 | 83 | Kupa Kupa River (Croatia) The Kupa or Kolpa river forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia.The Kupa originates in Croatia in the mountainous region of Gorski kotar, northeast of Rijeka, in the area of Risnjak National Park... |
| 20. | Lika Lika (river) Lika River or Rijeka Lika is a stream in Croatia which gives its name to the Lika region. It is known as a sinking river because at the end of its course, it flows into a series of ponors or swallow-holes and disappears from the surface... |
78 | 78 | |
| 21. | Krapina | 75 | 75 | Sava |
| 22. | Krka Krka (Croatia) Krka is a river in Croatia's Dalmatia region, famous for its numerous waterfalls. It is long and its basin covers an area of .Possibly the river called Catarbates by the ancient Greeks, it was known to the ancient Romans as Titius, Corcoras, or Korkoras.The river has its source near the border... |
73 | 73 | Adriatic Sea Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges... |
| 23. | Pakra | 72 | 72 | Lonja-Trebež |
| 24. | Sunja | 69 | 69 | Sava |
| 25. | Zrmanja Zrmanja Zrmanja is a river in southern Lika and northern Dalmatia, Croatia. It is long and its basin covers an area of .It was known to the ancient Romans as Tedanius. The spring of Zrmanja is located in southern part of Lika under Postak - the southern peak of Pljesevica mountain, and close to south end... |
69 | 69 | Adriatic Sea Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges... |
| 26. | Mura | 67 | 483 | Drava Drava Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and... |
| 27. | Glogovnica | 66 | 66 | Česma Česma Česma is a river in central Croatia, the 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 Grđevac.... |
| 28. | Plitvica Plitvica Plitvica is a settlement in the Municipality of Apače in northeastern Slovenia.There is a small chapel with a belfry in the eastern part of the village on the road towards Lutverci. It was built in 1930 and is dedicated to the memory of missing soldiers of the First World War from the Plitvica... |
65 | 65 | Drava Drava Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and... |
| 29. | Mrežnica Mreznica The Mrežnica is a river in Karlovac County, Croatia.It is long and its basin covers an area of .Mrežnica is considered special due to its large number of waterfalls, totalling 93... |
63 | 63 | Korana Korana The Korana is a river in central Croatia and west Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river has a total length of and watershed area of .It rises in the eastern parts of Lika, creates the world-famous Plitvice Lakes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Downstream from Plitvice Lakes the Korana river forms a 25... |
| 30. | Kupčina | 56 | 56 | Kupa Kupa River (Croatia) The Kupa or Kolpa river forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia.The Kupa originates in Croatia in the mountainous region of Gorski kotar, northeast of Rijeka, in the area of Risnjak National Park... |
| 31. | Mirna | 53 | 53 | Adriatic Sea Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges... |
| 32. | Neretva Neretva Neretva is the largest river of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. It has been harnessed and controlled to a large extent by four HE power-plants with large dams and their storage lakes, but it is still recognized for its natural beauty, diversity of its landscape and visual... |
20 | 213 | Adriatic Sea Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges... |
| 33. | Rječina Rjecina Rječina is a river in Croatia which flows in the Adriatic Sea in the city of Rijeka .It is about 19 km long, with average width of 9-16 m. It springs from the cave on the height of 325 m above sea level, under high cliff of Kičej hill... |
19 | 19 | Adriatic Sea Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges... |
| 34. | Gacka Gacka Gacka is a river located in the Lika region in central Croatia. Because for a large part of its course it is a subterranean river, estimates on its length vary. The overground part has undergone substantial human intervention - before it was 32 kilometers long, now it is only 11 km... |
11 | 11 |