Bilogora (Bilo-gora, Bilogorje or Bilo-gorje) historically also known as Međurečka gora is a low mountainous range and a microregion in Central Croatia. It consists of a series of hills and small plains some 80 kilometres in length stretching in the direction northwest–southeast, along the southwest part of the Podravina region. The highest peak is called Rajčevica (309 m), located in the north of the mountain.
Bilogora is geographically located between the rivers of Drava and Sava and is the source of the rivers Česma, Glogovnica and Ilova. Bilogora is considered to be the lowest mountainous region in Croatia, but is also the largest in terms of area. It serves as a drainage divide separating the drainage basins of the Sava and Drava rivers.
The old name for today's Bilogora was Međurečka gora, meaning the mountain between rivers.The old name came from Bilogoras position dividing the Sava and Drava river basins. About the origin of the moder name Bilogora however there are several assumptions and theories.
The mountain is interwoven with numerous mountain slopes, ridges and clearings which in Croatian are known as "bilo".
Hinko Hranilović also wrote that "the name of Bilogora could come from the white and gray soil, which is formed by marls and sands, giving it the name "Bijela gora" or "Bjelogora" meaning white mountain, Which could indicate the origins of the name Bilogora could be extremely similar to the city of Bjelovar to its south.
Bilogora microregion including the city of Bjelovar and town of Grubišno Polje.Illustration of the form of Bilogora, including the average width and heights
^"Geographical and meteorological data" (PDF). Statistical Yearbook. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2009. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
^Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 56. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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