Vuka is a river in eastern

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, a right tributary of the

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river. At , it is the 13th-longest river flowing through Croatia and it has a drainage area of . The river is located in the region of

Slavonia Slavonia (; ) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria County, Istria, one of the four Regions of Croatia, historical regions of Croatia. Located in the Pannonian Plain and taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with f ...

. It rises in the

Krndija Krndija is a mountain in Slavonia, Croatia, extending eastwards from Papuk. It is located south of Orahovica and Našice and north of Požega. The westernmost point of Krndija is the mountain pass that connects Orahovica with Kutjevo; the eas ...

hills in the

Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja County (, , ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranya (region), Baranja which is defined part of the Pannonian Plain. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Val ...

and flows eastwards through lowlands into the

Vukovar-Srijem County Vukovar-Srijem County (), Vukovar-Sirmium County or Vukovar-Syrmia County, named after the eponymous town of Vukovar and the region of Syrmia, is the easternmost Croatian county. It includes the eastern parts of the region of Slavonia and the wes ...

. It empties into the Danube at the town of

Vukovar Vukovar (; sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, , ) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern Regions of Croatia, regions of Syrmia and Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka (river), Vuka and the Danube. Vukova ...

, which is named for the river. The ancient name of Pannonian

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for Vuka was Volcos.

Settlements along the river basin

* Borovik * Podgorje Bračevačko * Razbojište * Budimci (2 km away) *

(1 km away) *

Jurjevac Punitovački Jurjevac Punitovački is a village in Croatia, part of the municipality of Punitovci Punitovci (, ) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. There are a total of 1,803 inhabitants. In the 2011 census, 62% were Croats and 37% were Slov ...

* 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 Markušica ( sr-Cyrl, Маркушица, , ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. Markušica is located south of the river Vuka (river), Vuka and northwest of the town of Vinkovci. Th ...

* Gaboš * Antin (2 km away) * Mlaka Antinska * Ostrovo (2 km away) *

Tordinci Tordinci (, sr-Cyrl, Тординци) is a Settlement (Croatia), village and a municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia. Tordinci is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the Areas of Special State Concer ...

Pačetin Pačetin ( sr-Cyrl, Пачетин, ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village in the municipality of Trpinja, Vukovar-Syrmia County in the easternmost part of Croatia. At the time of the 2011 Census the population of the village was 541. Village lies n ...

(2 km awayMarković, M. (2003). Istočna Slavonija: Stanovništvo i naselja. Naklada Jesenski i Turk. Zagreb.) * Nuštar (2 km away) * Marinci *

Bršadin Bršadin ( sr-Cyrl, Бршадин, ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village in the Trpinja, Trpinja Municipality in Croatia, Croatian easternmost Vukovar-Syrmia County. Bršadin is located north of the Vuka (river), Vuka river and west of the town of ...

* Bogdanovci *

References

Rivers of Croatia Slavonia Landforms of Vukovar-Srijem County Geography of Osijek-Baranja County {{Croatia-river-stub

Settlements along the river basin

See also

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