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The Sava has two main sources, both in the north-western, Alpine region of Slovenia. The spring of Sava Dolinka is in Zelenci near Kranjska Gora. The other leg of the river originates as Savica ("little Sava") and then flows into Lake Bohinj , which it leaves as Sava Bohinjka . Both legs meet at Radovljica , and the river is known as the Sava past that point.
Its main tributaries are the Savinja, Mirna , Krka, Kupa , Lonja , Orljava and Bosut , Una, Vrbas, Ukrina , Bosna, Tinja , Lukovac , DrinaDrina is a river on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. Drina is formed in the Dinaric Alps by the merging of two smaller rivers of Tara and Piva that flow from Montenegro (the confluence is on the border with Bosnia). It flows and Kolubara .
Towns on the Sava include KranjCities in Slovenia Kranj is the fourth largest city of Slovenia, approx. 20km north west from Ljubljana with a population of 51,225 (2002). The centre of the unofficial Gorenjska (Upper Carniola) region (northwestern Slovenia) is mainly an industrial city, Zagorje ob SaviZagorje ob Savi is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. External links , official page of municipality (in Slovene) Cities in Slovenia Stub., TrbovljeTrbovlje (population 16,290) is a town and municipality in central Slovenia. Located in the eponymous valley of Trbovlje by the river Sava, the area is known for its rich deposits of coal and one of its three power plants features Trbovlje Chimney reputed, HrastnikHrastnik is a town and a municipality in Zasavje region, Slovenia. It is known mostly for coal mining (the deposit is located below Hrastnik and Trbovlje), and for the manufacture of glass. External links , official page of municipality (in Slovene) , mac, Radece , Sevnica , KrškoKrSko is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. Nowadays it is famous for hosting the only Slovenian nuclear power plant. External links , official page of municipality (in Slovenian) Towns in Slovenia. and Brežice in Slovenia, ZagrebZagreb (pronounced ZAH-greb is the capital city of Croatia. The city's population was 779,145 in 2001, and 1,088,841 with its metropolitan area ( Samobor, Velika Gorica and ZapreSic), situated on the slopes of Medvednica mountain and along the banks of th, Sisak, Slavonski Brod and Županja in Croatia, Bosanski Šamac and Brcko in Bosnia and Herzegovia and Sremska Mitrovica, Šabac and Belgrade in Serbia.