river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
Key facts
- Etymology
- Latin una - one, unique
- Countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia
- Source
- Vrelo Une
- Location
- Donja Suvaja
- Coordinates
- 44°23′58″N 16°06′14″E / 44.399457°N 16.103796°E / 44.399457; 16.103796
- Elevation
- 358,850 m (1,177,330 ft)
- Mouth
- Sava
- Length
- 214.6 km (133.3 mi)
- Basin size
- 10,200 km (3,900 sq mi)
- Average
- 240.3 m /s (8,490 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 40.95 m /s (1,446 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 1,500 m /s (53,000 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Sava — Danube — Black Sea
- River system
- Sava basin
- Left
- Ostrovica Dobrenica Klokot
- Right
- Unac Sana Krušnica
- Waterfalls
- Štrbački buk Milančev buk Troslap Dvoslap Ripački slap Slapovi Sunca Mujin slap Amerikančevi slapovi Brvice buk Buk i brzaci Jotanovih otoka Kostela Kanjon Grmuše
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Una Unac Confluence.jpg
- Length
- 207
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- Una River (Sava)
- watershed area
- 10400
- discharge
- 202
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The Una (Serbian Cyrillic: Уна, pronounced [ûna]) is a border river between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and a right tributary of the Sava river. It is part of the Black Sea drainage basin, and its watershed has a size of 10,200 km (3,900 mi), of which 8,080 km (3,120 mi) belongs to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 2,120 km (820 mi) to Croatia. The total length of the river is 212 km (132 mi). The source of the river is located near the village of Donja Suvaja in Croatia, and its mouth is located near the village of Jasenovac, on the border with Bosnia. The largest right tributaries are the Krka, Unac, Krušnica and Sana rivers, and the largest left tributary is the Klokot river. Its longest headwater is the Unac river. The largest and most important city located on the river is Bihać. Other important cities and towns are Bosanska Krupa, Bosanski Novi and Bosanska Kostajnica. The river is characterized by a multitude of waterfalls, rapids, karst springs and relatively untouched nature. A large part of the upper river is part of the Una National Park.
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