Bobota Canal

Bobota Canal
Bobota Canal next to the village of Bobota
Map
Specifications
Length31.52 miles (50.73 km)
StatusOpen
History
Former namesKolodvar-Bobota Canal
Original ownerVukovar-Syrmia County, Osijek-Baranja County, Croatian Waters
Principal engineerFriedrich Wilhelm Toussaint
Date of actearly 19th century
Date of first use19th century
Date completed1830-1836[1]
Date restored1856-1857[1]

1895-1896[1]
1908[1]

1920[1]
Geography
Start pointVuka (Vladislavci)
End pointVuka (Vukovar)

The Bobota Canal (Croatian: Bobotski kanal, Serbian Cyrillic: Боботски канал, Hungarian: Bobota-csatorna) is a 50.73 kilometers long canal in Croatia. It is named after the eponymous village of Bobota.

The canal is classified as a water management system of paramount importance for irrigation and flood protection for settlements in the surrounding area. It is a channel of the first category in Croatia.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e Viljanac, Vedran (2016). "4.2. Bobotski kanal". Uređenje suvišnih voda sliva rijeke Vuke (Undergraduate thesis) (in Croatian). Osijek: University of Osijek. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Retrieved 2011-10-16.