Odra (pronounced [odra]) is a river in central Croatia. It is 83 km (52 mi) long and its basin covers an area of 604 km2 (233 sq mi).[1] Its source is in the Žumberak mountain, southwest of Zagreb. It flows eastwards, passes south of Velika Gorica, then turns south-east, more or less parallel to the river Sava. It flows into the river Kupa near Odra Sisačka, just northeast of Sisak, also just before the Kupa joins the river Sava.
| Odra | |
|---|---|
 Odra near Sisak | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Croatia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Kupa |
• coordinates | 45°29′39″N 16°21′17″E / 45.4943°N 16.3546°E |
| Length | 83 km (52 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 604 km2 (233 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Kupa→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The upper flow of Odra has been significantly altered by humans, by the digging of the 32 km (20 mi) long canal Sava-Odra(-Sava) south of Zagreb, as a measure against flooding (designed taking into account the maximum flows of 1964, 1973 and 1974, and first put to use in 1979).[2]
There is no certain etymology for the river's name, it could be Slavic or pre-Slavic, and 20th-century linguists did not have a consensus about it.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2017 (PDF) (in Croatian and English). Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2017. p. 47. ISSN 1333-3305. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Stjepan Šterc (22 June 1979). "Kanal Sava-Odra-Sava kao objekt obrane Zagreba od poplava" [Zagreb flood defences by the Sava—Odra—Sava canal]. Geografski glasnik (in Croatian). 41.-42. (41–42, 1979–80). Zagreb: Hrvatsko geografsko društvo - Croatian Geography Society: 97–115. Retrieved 2010-10-17. (includes English language summary)
- ^ Ivšić, Dubravka (2015). "Predslavenski hidronimi na području Republike Hrvatske koji nisu posvjedočeni u antičkim vrelima" [Pre-Slavic river-names in Croatia which have not been attested in ancient sources]. Folia Onomastica Croatica (24): 61–63 – via Hrčak.
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