Glina is a river in central

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and

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, a right tributary of

Kupa The Kupa () or Kolpa ( or ; from la, Colapis in Roman times; hu, Kulpa) river, a right tributary of the Sava, forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia. It is long, with its border part having a length of and ...

. It is long and its basin covers an area of . Glina rises in the mountainous forested areas of

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, northeast of

Slunj Slunj ( Hungarian ''Szluin'', old German ''Sluin'', Latin ''Slovin'', archaic Croatian ''Slovin grad'') is a town in the mountainous part of Central Croatia, located along the important North-South route to the Adriatic Sea between Karlovac and ...

, near the village of Glinsko Vrelo (lit. "the source of Glina"). It flows north before turning east near the village of Veljunska Glina. As it reaches the village of Maljevac, it touches the border of

(north of Velika Kladuša), whose path it forms (roughly) for about up to the village of

Katinovac Katinovac ( sr-Cyrl, Катиновац) is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Topusko, Sisak-Moslavina County. History Demographics According to the 2011 census, the village of Katinovac has 90 inhabitants. This represents 2 ...

. There it turns northeast, passes by

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and finally the eponymous town of Glina. At the village of Marinbrod it turns north, and flows into the river

southwest of Slana, at .

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