Savinja
Savinja | |
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Location | |
Country | Slovenia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Rinka Falls |
• elevation | 1,310 m (4,300 ft) [1] |
Mouth | |
• location | Sava |
• coordinates | 46°05′02″N 15°10′19″E / 46.0838°N 15.1720°E |
Length | 101.8 km (63.3 mi) [2] |
Basin size | 1,848 km2 (714 sq mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Savinja (pronounced
Sources
The stream is created by
Tributaries
The main
at Celje.Water quality
The quality of water is first-class to Radmirje, then it falls to second class and after to third.[clarification needed]
Hydronym and etymology
The name Savinja (attested in written sources in 980 as Sovuina) is derived from *Savьn′a, in turn derived from the hydronym Sava, of which it is a tributary. The German name Sann was attested later. In the local dialect, the river is known as Sáu̯ńe. The form *Savьn′a should have yielded Savnja as the current Slovene name, but it was reshaped on the model of Hudinja. The name is believed to ultimately not be of Slavic origin, but of older pre-Slavic origin.[3]
The German name Sann was also used in some older English sources; for example, in the ninth edition of Encyclopædia Britannica from 1911.
Some other names for the river include:
- fluvius Sana (9th century)[4]
- Souina (980)[4]
- inter fluenta Souuuę et Sounę (1016)[4]
- Seuna (1016)[4]
- Souna (1025,1028)[4]
- inter fluenta Souuuae et Sounae (1028)[4]
- Sounital (1042)[4]
The Celtic goddess
Life along the river
Raftsmen from Ljubno traveled along the river until the 1950s. In their memory, a bronze sculpture of a
References
- ^ a b Rivers, longer than 25 km, and their catchment areas, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Surface streams and water balance of Slovenia, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 368.
- ^ a b c d e f g Udolph, Jürgen (2003–2004). "Alteuropa in Kroatien: der Name der Sava/Save" (PDF). Folia onomastica Croatica (in German). Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ISBN 978-0-19-514504-5.
- ISBN 978-961-92735-0-0. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-03-04.
- ^ Savinjsko nabrežje s kipom splavarja, delo akad. kiparja Borisa Kalina // Fotogalerija
External links
- Condition of Savinja at several locations (proceeding from its upper stream to its lower stream):
- Nazarje - graphs, in the following order, of water level and flow data for the past 30 days (taken in Nazarje by ARSO)
- Letuš - graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in Letuš by ARSO)
- Medlog - graphs, in the following order, of water level and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in Medlog by ARSO)
- Laško - graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in Laško by ARSO)
- Veliko Širje - graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in Veliko Širje by ARSO)