Bednja (river)

The Bednja in Ludbreg.

The Bednja (Croatian pronunciation: [bêdɲa]) is a river in northern Croatia, a right tributary of the Drava. It is 133 kilometres (83 mi) long and its basin covers an area of 966 square kilometres (373 sq mi).^[1] The Bednja rises in the mountainous forested areas near Macelj in northern Croatia, west of Trakošćan, where it also forms a 0.2 km² (0.077 sq mi) lake at 255 m.a.s.l..^[1] It flows towards the southeast until turning east near Bednja, meandering south at Novi Marof, returning to its eastward course shortly thereafter, and then turning northeast toward Ludbreg. It flows into the Drava River north of Mali Bukovec, at 46°18′12″N 16°45′23″E / 46.303333°N 16.756389°E / 46.303333; 16.756389.

References

1 2 Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English) 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. pp. 49–50. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

Hydrography of Croatia

Rivers	Sava Drava Kupa Danube Bosut Korana Bednja Lonja Česma Una Vuka Dobra Cetina Glina Karašica Sutla Orljava Ilova Odra Lika Krapina Krka Pakra Sunja Zrmanja Mura Plitvica Mrežnica Glogovnica Kupčina Mirna Trnava Spačva Boljunčica Karašica Raša Neretva Rječina Studva Slunjčica Gacka Jadro Ombla

Lakes	Vrana (Dalmatia) Dubrava Peruća Prokljan Varaždin Vrana (Cres) Krušćica Plitvice Baćina

Valleys, estuaries, canyons, wetlands	Lim Paklenica Kopački Rit Lonjsko Polje

Waterfalls	Galovački buk Skradinski buk Roški slap Štrbački buk Large waterfall

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