Bilogora is a low mountainous range in central Croatia

Central Croatia

Central Croatia or Croatia proper is a term that refers to the areas of the Republic of Croatia that were part of the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia which excluded Istria, Slavonia, and Dalmatia...

. 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

Podravina

Podravina or Podravje are Slavic names for the Drava river basin in Croatia and Slovenia.-History:...

 region. The highest peak is called Rajčevica (309 m), located in the north of the mountain.

The area lends its name to the Bjelovar-Bilogora County

Bjelovar-Bilogora County

Bjelovar-Bilogora County is a county in central Croatia.The central town of Bjelovar was first mentioned in 1413, and it only gained importance when a new fort was built in 1756 to defend against the Ottoman invasions...

, one of the 21 counties of Croatia

Counties of Croatia

The primary territorial subdivisions of the Republic of Croatia called županije . In English they are commonly referred to as counties....

 with its seat in the nearby town of Bjelovar

Bjelovar

Bjelovar is a city in central Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Bjelovar-Bilogora County. During the 2001 census, there were 41,869 inhabitants, 90.51% which are Croats....

. The mountain is also located in the Koprivnica-Križevci County

Koprivnica-Križevci County

Koprivnica-Križevci County is a county in northern Croatia. Its hyphenated name comes from two entities: the two of its largest cities, Koprivnica and Križevci....

 as well as the Virovitica-Podravina County

Virovitica-Podravina County

Virovitica-Podravina county is a northern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its county seat is in Virovitica and it includes the area around the Drava river, hence the name Podravina...

.

Bilogora is geographically located between the rivers of Drava

Drava

Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...

 and Sava and is the source of smaller rivers Česma

Česma

Česma is a river in central Croatia, the left tributary of the river Lonja-Trebež.It is long, and its catchment area is .Created by merging streams Grđevica and Barna at near the village of Pavlovac in the municipality of Veliki Grđevac....

, 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 basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

s of the Sava and Drava rivers.
The Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service

Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service

The Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service is the Croatian national agency for weather forecasts, based in Zagreb. As of 2010 the service has 440 full-time employees in 23 departments, in addition to around 3,000 part-time observers around the country.The agency produces operational...

has a measuring station on Bilogora.