The Bobota Canal is a canal

Canal

Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...

 in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. The canal is of paramount importance within the system for irrigation and flood protection for settlements in the surrounding area and because of that is ranked in the channels of the first category in Croatia. Every year it is enriched with about 1500 kg of high quality fish.

Settlements along the canal

• Vukovar
  Vukovar
  Vukovar is a city in eastern Croatia, and the biggest river port in Croatia located at the confluence of the Vuka river and the Danube. Vukovar is the center of the Vukovar-Syrmia County...
  
  
• Bršadin
  Bršadin
  Bršadin is a village in eastern Croatia located on the D55 highway between Vukovar and Vinkovci....
  
  
• Lipovača
• Trpinja
  Trpinja
  Trpinja is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. There are 1,537 inhabitants in village Trpinja and 5,680 inhabitants in the municipality according to the 2011 census. The majority of the population are Serbs, making up 89.29% of the population according to...
  
  
• Bobota
  Bobota, Croatia
  Bobota is a village in the municipality of Trpinja in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia. The population is 1,540.-See also:*Bobota Canal-References:...
  
  
• Ćelije
  Ćelije, Croatia
  Ćelije , sometimes also referred to as Ćelija, is a village in eastern Croatia located west of Trpinja and south of the Osijek Airport. The population is 121 ....
  
  
• Ernestinovo
  Ernestinovo
  Ernestinovo is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja county, Croatia. There are 2,225 inhabitants, 67% who are Croats, 22% who are Hungarians, and 8% who are Serbs.The municipality of Ernestinovo also includes adjacent villages of Divoš and Laslovo....
  
  
• Divoš
  Divoš
  ' is a village located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina...
  
  

History

The canal was built to defend against harmful effects of excess water at area which is very low and flat.
In 2003 The World Bank

World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...

has funded additional works on chanal.