 The drainage divide between the upper River Haná to the River Morava of the Danube basin runs through it and Rakovec brook (in the Dyje–Svratka Vale).The gate is between the Upper Morava Vale (in the north-east) and the Dyje–Svratka Vale (in the south-west), all in Outer Subcarpathian depression.Including low watershed (drainage divide) Na hanácké - 339 m

The Vyškov Gate has been a natural pass between the Bohemian-Moravian province (Bohemian Massif) – Bohemian-Moravian Highland and the Carpathians (Chřiby) since ancient times.