Rižana (river)
Its mouth is on or near the Gulf of Trieste of the Adriatic Sea.The Škocjan Lagoon Nature Reserve is a park area of wetlands where the Rižana and Badaševica rivers used to flow into the sea.[1] The Rižana was attested in historical sources as Rusano c. 670, Riziano c. 804, Risano in 1135, and Garzignana in 1569, among other spellings.The origin of the name is pre-Slavic and is probably related to the Illyrian toponym Ῥιζάνα Rhizana, reflected in the Montenegrin toponym Risan.The name is probably derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *erei̯H- 'to flow'.