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The Zeta Plain ( cnr, Зетска равница, Zetska ravnica, ) is a fertile lowland in

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. It stretches from

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

in the north to the

Skadar Lake Lake Skadar ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, ; sq, Liqeni i Shkodrës, ) also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern ...

in the south. It is the biggest plains area in Montenegro, with an average elevation around above sea level. The name "Zeta" derives from an early root meaning "harvest" or "grain" (modern words žetva and žito).Confusingly,

Zeta River The Zeta ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зета, ) is a river in Montenegro. Its source is under the mountain of Vojnik. The river flows eastwards for until it empties into the river Morača just north of Podgorica. Its drainage basin area is .

flows not through the Zeta Plain but through another significant valley in Montenegro, Bjelopavlići. Zeta Plain is one of the most densely populated areas in Montenegro.

Golubovci Golubovci ( cnr, Голубовци, ) is a small town in the Podgorica Municipality of Montenegro. It has 3,110 residents according to 2011 census, while the ''Golubovci City Municipality'' accounts for some 16,093 residents. Transport Sometim ...

, the capital of Golubovci urban municipality, which encompasses most of the plain, is the largest settlement. The vineyards of

Plantaže Plantaže ( cnr, Плантаже, ; MNSEPLAP is a Montenegrin wine and grape brandy producer. Overview ''AD Plantaže'', a joint stock company presently incorporated into Holding company "Agrokombinat 13 jul", is the biggest Montenegrin vitic ...

, a Montenegrin quality wine producer, are situated in the plain, which is ideal for growing

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on ...

fruits and vegetables.Plantaže
podgorica.travel Zeta Plain is the site of the

Podgorica Airport Podgorica Airport ( cnr, Аеродром Подгорица, Aerodrom Podgorica, ) is an international airport serving the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica and the surrounding region. It is one of two international airports in Montenegro, the ...

, as well as the Podgorica Aluminium Plant which is considered to be the worst

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of the plain.

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