Vuka (river)
River in Croatia
45°21′09″N 19°00′19″E / 45.3525°N 19.0052°E / 45.3525; 19.0052
Vuka is a river in eastern Croatia, a right tributary of the Danube river. At 112 kilometres (70 miles), it is the 13th-longest river flowing through Croatia and it has a drainage area of 644 square kilometres (249 square miles).[1] The river is located in Vukovar-Srijem County, in the Slavonia region. It empties into the Danube at the town of Vukovar, which is named for the river.
The ancient name of Pannonian Illyrians for Vuka was Volcos.
Settlements along the river basin
- Borovik
- Podgorje Bračevačko
- Razbojište
- Budimci (2 km away)
- Krndija (1 km away)
- Jurjevac Punitovački
- Beketinci
- Hrastovac
- Vuka
- Dopsin (1 km away)
- Hrastin
- Hudeston (Named after Huđï)
- Petrova Slatina (0,5 km away)
- Paulin Dvor (0,8 km away)
- Ernestinovo (1,5 km away)
- Ada
- Laslovo
- Podrinje
- Palača (1 km away)
- Markušica
- Gaboš
- Antin (2 km away)
- Mlaka Antinska
- Ostrovo (2 km away)
- Tordinci
- Pačetin (2 km away[2])
- Nuštar (2 km away)
- Marinci
- Bršadin
- Bogdanovci
- Vukovar
See also
References
- ^ a b c Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2017 (PDF) (in Croatian and English). Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2017. p. 47. ISSN 1333-3305. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ Marković, M. (2003). Istočna Slavonija: Stanovništvo i naselja. Naklada Jesenski i Turk. Zagreb.
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Hydrography of Croatia
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| Adriatic Basin |
canyons, wetlands
- Bobota Canal
- Danube-Sava Canal (proposed)
- Sava-Odra-Sava Canal
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