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The Sava is a river in southern Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube river at Belgrade. Counting from Zelenci, the source of Sava Dolinka, it is 947 km (588.4 mi) long and drains 95,719 km2 of surface area. It flows through three countries: Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. It also forms the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Croatian territory on the north bank.
Through the Danube, it belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin, and represents the Danube's longest tributary (before a flood prevention project of the Tisza in the 19th century cut off its meanders, the Sava used to be only the longest right tributary and the second longest of all), as well as the richest with water, by far. It was once the longest river flowing completely within Yugoslavia proper but, after the breakup of the country in 1991, it now flows through four countries. It is also the 15th longest river in Europe and the longest one that does not join directly a sea.
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