Editing Savinja

{{For|the district of the City Municipality of Celje|Savinja (district)}}
{{Infobox river
  | name              = Savinja
  | image             = Celje Savinja 001.jpg
  | image_caption     = The Savinja in Celje, before it turns south to [[Laško]]
  | source1_location  = [[Rinka Falls|Rinka]] Falls
  | mouth_location    = [[Sava]]
  | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|46.0838|15.1720|display=it|region:SI_type:river}}
  | progression       = {{RSava}}
  | subdivision_type1 = Country
  | subdivision_name1 = [[Slovenia]]
  | length            = {{convert|101.8|km|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|SI|MOP}}
  | source1_elevation = {{convert|1310|m|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|SI|SURS}}
  | discharge1_avg    = 
  | basin_size        = {{convert|1848|km2|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|SI|SURS}}
  | map = {{infobox mapframe | zoom = 8 | stroke-color = #0000ff }}
}}
[[File:Slap Rinka 2.JPG|thumb|Rinka Falls, the source of the Savinja]]
[[File:ZidaniMost1914.jpg|thumb|The confluence of the Sava and the Savinja at [[Zidani Most]], where the Savinja is traversed by three bridges. The photo was taken in 1914, before the construction of the new railroad bridge.]]
The '''Savinja''' ({{IPA|sl|saˈʋìːnja|pron}}) is a [[river]] in northeast [[Slovenia]] which flows mostly in the Upper and Lower Savinja Valley ({{langx|sl|Zgornja in Spodnja Savinjska dolina}}) and through the cities of [[Celje]] and [[Laško]]. The Savinja is the main river of the [[Kamnik Alps|Savinja Alps]] (Sln. ''Savinjske Alpe''). It flows into the [[Sava|Sava River]] at the town of [[Zidani Most]]. It has often [[flood]]ed, such as in the 1960s, 1990, and 1995. The Savinja has a length of {{convert|101.75|km}} and a catchment area of {{convert|1847.7|km2|abbr=on}}.{{GeoQuelle|SI|MOP}}

== Sources ==
The stream is created by [[Rinka Falls]], which flows along a regulated riverbed to the lower end of the [[Logar Valley, Slovenia|Logar Valley]], where it flows into Jezera Creek, from which point it becomes the Savinja River. This spring has been proclaimed a [[natural heritage]] object, and Rinka Falls is one of the most beautiful and best-known waterfalls in Slovenia.  It is the highest waterfall of the 20 waterfalls in the Logar Valley and is visited throughout the year. In the winter it is popular for ice-climbers. The best view of the waterfall is from Kamnik Saddle ({{langx|sl|Kamniško sedlo}}).

== Tributaries ==
The main [[tributary|tributaries]] of the Savinja are the Jušef and the Klobaša at [[Solčava]], the Lučnica at [[Luče]], the Ljubnica at [[Ljubno]], the [[Dreta]] at [[Nazarje]], the [[Paka (river)|Paka]] at [[Šmartno ob Paki]], and the [[Ložnica]] and [[Voglajna]] with the [[Hudinja (river)|Hudinja]] at Celje.

== Water quality ==
The quality of water is first-class to [[Radmirje]], then it falls to second class and after to third.{{clarify|date=August 2012}}

== 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 ''Sá{{IPA|u̯}}ńe''. The form *''Savьn′a'' should have yielded ''Savnja'' as the current Slovene name, but it was reshaped on the model of ''[[Hudinja (river)|Hudinja]]''. The name is believed to ultimately not be of Slavic origin, but of older pre-Slavic origin.<ref>Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 368.</ref>

The [[German language|German]] name ''Sann'' was also used in some older English sources; for example, in the ninth edition of [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica]] from 1911.

Some other names for the river include:
* ''fluvius Sana'' (9th century)<ref name="udolph">{{cite web |url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/36682 |title=Alteuropa in Kroatien: der Name der Sava/Save |first=Jürgen |last=Udolph |work=Folia onomastica Croatica |year=2003–2004 |format=PDF |access-date=2009-04-19 |language=de}}</ref>
* ''Souina'' (980)<ref name="udolph" />
* ''inter fluenta Souuuę et Sounę'' (1016)<ref name="udolph" />
* ''Seuna'' (1016)<ref name="udolph" />
* ''Souna'' (1025,1028)<ref name="udolph" />
* ''inter fluenta Souuuae et Sounae'' (1028)<ref name="udolph" />
* ''Sounital'' (1042)<ref name="udolph" />

The Celtic goddess [[Adsaluta]], whose altars were found in the area of the settlement of [[Sava, Litija|Sava]], was long identified with the Savinja.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEcpkWjYOZQC&dq=%2Bnymph+%2Bsavus&pg=PA17 |title= Patricia Turner and Charles Russel Coulter. Dictionary of ancient deities. Oxford University Press, 2000. |isbn= 978-0-19-514504-5 |last1= Turner |first1= Patricia |last2= Coulter |first2= Charles Russell |year= 2001 }}</ref> Modern scholars have rejected the connection.<ref>{{cite book |first=Marjeta |last=Šašel Kos |language=sl, en |url=http://iza.zrc-sazu.si/pdf/Sasel_Kos_Ukrocena_lepotica.pdf |chapter=Reka kot božanstvo - Sava v antiki |trans-chapter=River as a Deity – The Sava in Antiquity |editor-first=Jožef |editor-last=Barachini |title=Ukročena lepotica: Sava in njene zgodbe |trans-title=The Tamed Beauty: The Sava and Its Stories |isbn=978-961-92735-0-0 |year=2009 |place=Sevnica |publisher=Javni zavod za kulturo, šport, turizem in mladinske dejavnosti |pages=42–50 (44–46) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041135/http://iza.zrc-sazu.si/pdf/Sasel_Kos_Ukrocena_lepotica.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>

== Life along the river ==

Raftsmen from Ljubno traveled along the river until the 1950s. In their memory, a bronze sculpture of a [[raftsman]] (''Splavar''), created in 1961 by [[Boris Kalin]], stands on the river's left bank in Celje.<ref>[https://www.kamra.si/novice/22-maja-1975-je-umrl-boris-kalin-slovenski-kipar/ Savinjsko nabrežje s kipom splavarja, delo akad. kiparja Borisa Kalina] // Fotogalerija</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Savinja}}
* Condition of Savinja at several locations (proceeding from its upper stream to its lower stream):
** [http://www.arso.gov.si/vode/podatki/amp/H09_g_30.html Nazarje] - graphs, in the following order, of water level and flow data for the past 30 days (taken in [[Nazarje]] by [[Slovenian Environment Agency|ARSO]])
** [http://www.arso.gov.si/vode/podatki/amp/H33_g_30.html Letuš] - graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in [[Letuš]] by [[Slovenian Environment Agency|ARSO]])
** [http://www.arso.gov.si/vode/podatki/amp/H18_g_30.html Medlog] - graphs, in the following order, of water level and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in [[Medlog]] by [[Slovenian Environment Agency|ARSO]])
** [http://www.arso.gov.si/vode/podatki/amp/H19_g_30.html Laško] - graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in [[Laško]] by [[Slovenian Environment Agency|ARSO]])
** [http://www.arso.gov.si/vode/podatki/amp/H10_g_30.html Veliko Širje] - graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in [[Veliko Širje]] by [[Slovenian Environment Agency|ARSO]])

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