Editing Vojvodina (section)

==Geography==
{{Main|Geography of Vojvodina}}
[[File:Palic panorama.jpg|thumb|[[Palić lake]].]]
Vojvodina is situated in the northern quarter of [[Serbia]], in Central Europe. In the southeast part of the [[Pannonian Plain]], the [[plain]] that remained when the [[Pliocene]] ''[[Pannonian Sea]]'' dried out. As a consequence of this, Vojvodina is rich in fertile [[loam]]y [[loess]] [[soil]], covered with a layer of [[chernozem]]. The region is divided by the [[Danube]] and [[Tisza|Tisa]] rivers into: [[Bačka]] in the northwest, [[Banat]] in the east and [[Syrmia]] (Srem) in the southwest.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite book|last1=Popović|first1=Aleksandar|title=Vojvođanski mozaik - crtice iz kulture nacionalnih zajednica Vojvodine|last2=Arđelan|first2=Zoltan|publisher=Pokrajinski sekretarijat za obrazovanje, propise, upravu i nacionalne manjine - nacionalne zajednice|year=2019|location=Novi Sad}}</ref> A small part of the [[Mačva]] region is also located in Vojvodina south of the [[Sava]] river, in the [[Srem District]].{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

Today, the western part of [[Syrmia]] is in [[Croatia]], the northern part of Bačka is in [[Hungary]], the eastern part of Banat is in [[Romania]] (with a small piece in Hungary), while [[Baranya (region)|Baranja]] (which is between the Danube and the [[Drava]]) is in Hungary and Croatia. Vojvodina has a total surface area of {{convert|21500|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/631952/Vojvodina|title=Vojvodina|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> Vojvodina is also part of the [[Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza|Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion]]. The Gudurica peak (Gudurički vrh) on the [[Vršac Mountains]], is the highest peak in Vojvodina, at an altitude of 641 m above sea level.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

The climate of the area is moderate continental, including cold winters and hot and humid summers. The Vojvodina climate is characterized by a vast range of extreme temperatures and very irregular rainfall distribution per month.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gavrilov |first1=Milivoj B. |last2=Lukić |first2=Tin |last3=Janc |first3=Natalija |last4=Basarin |first4=Biljana |last5=Marković |first5=Slobodan B. |title=Forestry Aridity Index in Vojvodina, North Serbia |journal=Open Geosciences |date=20 August 2019 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=367–377 |doi=10.1515/geo-2019-0029 |bibcode=2019OGeo...11...29G |doi-access=free }}</ref>