Vukovar Plateau

Vukovar Plateau (Croatian: Vukovarski ravnjak, Serbian: Вуковарски равњак / Vukovarski ravnjak) is a low loess plateau in eastern Croatia in the region of Syrmia named after the town of Vukovar.

The eponymous town of Vukovar originally developed on the tall Danubian riverbank slopes of the plateau.

[1] The plateau represent western Syrmian drainage divide between the Danube and Sava rivers leading up to Fruška Gora hills further east.

[5] Numerous prehistoric areological sites were discovered on the plateau which represented optimal condition for human settlement and important communication route.

[2][7] The region is home to one of the last remaining steppe grasslands in Croatia near the village of Opatovac.