What is "glina"

Glina is a word of Slavic origin, meaning "clay". It may refer to:

• Glina (river) in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Glina, Croatia, a town in Croatia
• Glina, Piotrków County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
• Glina, Sieradz County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
• Glina, Tomaszów Mazowiecki County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
• Glina, Lipsko County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
• Glina, Ostrów Mazowiecka County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
• Glina, Otwock County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
• Glina, Węgrów County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
• Glina, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland)
• Glina, Ilfov, a commune in Ilfov County, Romania
• Glina, Bloke, a village in Slovenia
• Slovene name for Glan (Gurk), a tributary of Gurk in Carinthia, Austria

Glina is a river in central Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, a right tributary of Kupa. It is long and its basin covers an area of .

Glina rises in the mountainous forested areas of Kordun, northeast of Slunj, 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina (north of Velika Kladuša), whose path it forms (roughly) for about up to the village of Katinovac. There it turns northeast, passes by Topusko and finally the eponymous city of Glina. At the village of Marinbrod it turns north, and flows into the river Kupa southwest of Slana, at .