Rinža

River in Slovenia

45°36′N 14°54′E / 45.600°N 14.900°E / 45.600; 14.900Length14 km (8.7 mi)Basin featuresProgressionsinkhole→ Bilpa→ Kupa→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Rinža (German: Rinse, Rinnse) is a river of Slovenia. It is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long and flows through Kočevje.^[1] It is the main watercourse of the Kočevje Polje and it is a losing stream.^[2] A few kilometers downstream of Kočevje, it goes subterranean. It emerges again as the Bilpa, a tributary of the Kolpa (Kupa).

References

^ "Srez Kočevje" [Kočevje District]. Krajevni leksikon Dravske banovine [Lexicon of Place Names of the Drava Banovina] (in Slovenian). Administration of the Lexicon of Place Names of the Drava Banovina. 1937. p. 354. COBISS 17618945.
^ Javornik, Marjan; Voglar, Dušan; Dermastia, Alenka, eds. (1996). "Rinža". Enciklopedija Slovenije [Encyclopedia of Slovenia] (in Slovenian). p. 238. ISBN 9788611153667.