Pakra

This article is about the river in Croatia. For the village in the Bihar, India,, seePakra, Bhagalpur.

Pakra
Location
Country	Croatia
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Ilova
• coordinates	45°23′55″N16°45′54″E
Basin features
Progression	Ilova→Sava→Danube→Black Sea

ThePakrais a river in westernSlavoniaand centralCroatia,a left tributary of theIlova.It is around 72 kilometres (45 mi) long.

The Pakra rises in the south ofRavna Gora,north of the village ofBučje.It flows towards the west and passes throughPakrac,where a southward bend takes it throughLipik.It continues to the west and passesBanova Jaruga.It flows southwest into theIlova.

Several tributaries join the river, including Braneška rijeka, Kopanjica, Sivornica, Rakovac, Brusnica andBijela.

Sources

• Stanko Andrić (September 2005)."Benediktinska opatija svete Margarete u Grabovu i njezin odnos prema benediktinskom samostanu u Bijeli".Scrinia Slavonica(in Croatian).5(1): 69.Taj južniji vodotok, Pekrec ili današnja Pakra, izvire na južnoj strani Ravne gore ispod vrha Metla i teče također uglavnom na zapad, izmeðu Ravne gore i Pakračke gore na sjeveru i pristranaka Psunja na jugu, pokraj Dragovića, kroz Pakrac i Lipik, a otud ravnijim predjelom prema Savi.