Vyškov Gate
The Vyškov Gate is a geomorphological feature in the Moravia. It is formed by the depression between the Western Carpathian Mountains in the east and the Bohemian massif in the west. The drainage divide between the upper River Haná to the River Morava of the Danube basin runs through it and Rakovec brook. The gate is between the Upper Morava Vale and the Dyje–Svratka Vale, all in Outer Subcarpathian depression.
Including low watershed Na hanácké - 339 m
The Vyškov Gate has been a natural pass between the Bohemian-Moravian province – Bohemian-Moravian Highland and the Carpathians since ancient times. Here ran the most important trade routes from southern Europe to the Baltic Sea and also routes from Moravia to Upper Silesia and Lesser Poland. Today the D1 motorway leads from the Moravian capital Brno to Ostrava, the centre of the Moravian-Silesian Region. The Austrian Northern Railway built in 1869 from Brno to Přerov and Ostrava also traversed the Vyškov Gate.
