Vuger or Vugrovec is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

located in Zagreb, Croatia, in the district of

Sesvete Sesvete () is the easternmost city district of Zagreb, Croatia. With a total population of 70,009 (as of 2011) it is the most populated district as well as the largest by area (165.255 km2). The settlement population is 54,085. Administrative ...

. Its name is connected to the settlement of

Vugrovec Vugrovec is a rural suburb of Zagreb, Croatia. It is composed of three settlements: Gornji Vugrovec, Donji Vugrovec and Vuger Selo. Vugrovec is located about northeast of Zagreb city centre, and north of Sesvete Sesvete () is the easternmost ...

, which is located near the stream's source. The lower basin of Vuger, from its confluence with

Srednjak Srednjak is a settlement in the Jastrebarsko administrative area of Zagreb County, Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovin ...

to its mouth at the

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

stream, is also called Kostanić. In the Middle Ages, Kostanić and Srednjak were together known as the Sopnica river. Vuger is classified as a Class I waterflow and a potential flood hazard. It is one of the few streams in Zagreb that have not been covered as of yet. Part of the stream forms the western boundary of Sesvete's historic core.

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