Lakes of Serbia
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This is the list of lakes in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

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Lake
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area (km²)
Altit.
Altitude
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Depth
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Đerdap 253 70 92 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

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Shared with Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

Đerdap II  92 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

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Shared with Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

Fish pond Ečka  25 artificial fish pond
Fish pond
A fish pond, or fishpond, is a controlled pond, artificial lake, or reservoir that is stocked with fish and is used in aquaculture for fish farming, or is used for recreational fishing or for ornamental purposes...

Perućac Lake
Perućac lake
Perućac Lake , also known as Lake Perućac, is an artificial lake partly in the municipalities of Srebrenica and Višegrad in Bosnia and Herzegovina and partly in the municipality of Bajina Bašta, Serbia...

 
25 290 70 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Drina
Drina
The Drina is a 346 kilometer long river, which forms most of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube river watershed...

), also called Bajina Bašta
Shared with Bosnia & Herzegovina
Vlasina Lake
Vlasina Lake
Vlasina Lake is a semi-artificial lake in Southeast Serbia. Lying at the altitude of 1211 m, with the area of 16 km², it is the highest and largest artificial lake in Serbia...

 
16 1,213 22 semi-artificial peat bog turned into reservoir (Vlasina River
Vlasina River
The Vlasina , is a river in southeastern Serbia, a 68 km-long outflow of the Vlasina Lake and a right tributary to the Južna Morava, which also gives its name to the surrounding Vlasina region.- River :...

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Gazivode Lake  11.9 693 105 artificial industrial reservoir (Ibar
Ibar River
The Ibar is a river that flows through eastern Montenegro and Serbia, with a total length of . The river begins in the Hajla mountain, eastern Montenegro, passes through Kosovo and flows into the West Morava river, Central Serbia, near Kraljevo....

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Zasavica
Zasavica (bog)
The Zasavica is a bog in the region of Mačva, west-central Serbia. With Obedska bara and Carska Bara one of the major wildlife refuges and one of the last authentically preserved wetlands in Serbia...

 
11.5 10 natural bog
Bog
A bog, quagmire or mire is a wetland that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses or, in Arctic climates, lichens....

, ancient arm of the Sava
Carska bara
Carska Bara
Carska Bara is the largest individual bog and one of the major nature reserves in Serbia. It is located in the Banat region of the province of Vojvodina.- Location :...

 
11 natural bog
Fish pond Sakule  10.05 81 artificial fish pond
Ribnica Lake  10 artificial industrial-recreational reservoir (Crni Rzav)
Gruža Lake  9.19 artificial industrial reservoir (Gruža (river)), Sea of Šumadija
Zvornik Lake
Zvornik Lake
Zvornik Lake is an artificial lake in the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It was created after construction of a hydroelectric power station in 1954....

 
8.1 140 28 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Drina
Drina
The Drina is a 346 kilometer long river, which forms most of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube river watershed...

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Shared with Bosnia & Herzegovina
Zlatar Lake
Zlatar Lake
The Zlatarsko or Zlatar lake is an artificial lake among the mountains of Zlatibor, 15 km from Nova Varos. It covers 7.25 km2 and reaches a depth of 75 meters....

 
7.3 880 75 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac
Uvac
The Uvac is the river in southwestern Serbia and Republika Srpska, 119 km long right and major tributary of the Lim, loosely making the northern border of the Sandžak/Raška region...

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Potpeć Lake  7 436 40 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Lim
Lim River
The Lim is a river flowing through Montenegro, Albania, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. long, it's the right and the longest tributary of the Drina.- Montenegro and Serbia :...

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Obedska bara  7 72 12 natural bog, ancient arm of the Sava
Veliki Rit
Veliki Rit, Banat
Veliki Rit is a small geographical area near Begej river in central-eastern Banat, Serbia....

7 artificial fish pond
Kapetanski Rit 6.13 artificial fish pond
Sjenica Lake 6.1 985 100 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac
Uvac
The Uvac is the river in southwestern Serbia and Republika Srpska, 119 km long right and major tributary of the Lim, loosely making the northern border of the Sandžak/Raška region...

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Radonjić Lake 5.96 artificial industrial reservoir (Sosnica)
Bečej Fish pond 5.7 artificial fish pond
Palić Lake
Palic Lake
The Palić lake is a lake situated from Subotica, near the town of Palić, in Serbia. It covers an area of . The average depth of the lake is .-History and development:...

5.6 101 3.5 (semi-)natural eolian lake, artificially preserved
Zavoj Lake  5.53 612 60 artificial originally created by landslide
Landslide
A landslide or landslip is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rockfalls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments...

, turned into hydroelectrical reservoir (Visočica
Visocica
Visočica Visočica Visočica (also known as Brdo Grad (Bosnian: Hill Town) is a hill in Bosnia and Herzegovina famous as the site of the Old town of Visoki as well the recent claim that it is one of the Bosnian pyramids....

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Koviljski rit 5.5 natural marsh
Marsh
In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss....

Fish pond Uzdin 5.5 artificial fish pond
Bovan Lake 5 7 artificial industrial reservoir (Sokobanjska Moravica
Sokobanjska Moravica
The Sokobanjska Moravica or simply Moravica is a river in central eastern Serbia, a 58 km-long right tributary to the Južna Morava river.- Devica and Ozren mountains :...

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White Lake 4.8 75 2.5 natural turned into fish pond
Lake Ćelije  4.16 artificial industrial reservoir (Rasina)
Silver Lake
Silver Lake (Serbia)
Silver Lake or Srebrno jezero is an oxbow lake along the right Danube bank in the Braničevo region in eastern Serbia, near the town of Veliko Gradište...

4 70 8 natural dammed arm of the Danube
Zlatica 3.9 artificial fish pond, formerly Jazovo
Opolje Lake  3.7 980 semi-artificial originally karst
KARST
Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...

 lake, turned into industrial reservoir
Ludaš Lake
Ludaš Lake
Ludaš or Ludoš Lake is a shallow lake in the province of Vojvodina in northern Serbia, near Subotica. It is a special natural preserve and, since 1977, designated as a swamp area of international significance by the Ramsar Convention...

 
3.68 101 2.5 natural eolian lake, also Ludoš
Fish pond Jedinstvo 3.5 artificial fish pond
Batlava Lake  3.27 600 35 artificial industrial reservoir (Batlava)
Okanj
Okanj
Okanj is a lake situated near the left bank of the Tisa River in Serbia. It is an oxbow lake formed from a meander of the river itself and is situated near the village of Elemir in the Zrenjanin commune, western Banat, Vojvodina Province, Serbia. The whole depression occupies 200 hectares and...

3 natural bog
Garaši
Garaši
Garaši is a village in the municipality of Aranđelovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 605 people.-References:...

3 411 40 artificial industrial reservoir
Novi Kneževac fish pond 2.63 artificial fish pond
Velebit fish pond 2.58 artificial fish pond
Zobnatica Lake 2.55 artificial industrial reservoir (Krivaja)
Futog fish pond 2.1 artificial fish pond, formerly DTD
Veliko Blato 2 natural bog, within Pančevački Rit
Pancevacki Rit
Pančevački Rit is a small geographical area in south-western Banat, Serbia. It is situated between the rivers Danube and Tamiš, in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.-Features:...

Gračanica Lake  2 29 artificial industrial reservoir (Gračanica
Gracanica, Ljubovija
For other uses, see Gračanica Gračanica is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Ljubovija municipality, in the Mačva District of Central Serbia...

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Sutjeska fish pond 2 artificial fish pond
Susek fish pond 2 artificial fish pond
Kolut fish pond 1.82 artificial fish pond
Lake Međuvršje 1.5 273 23 artificial hydroelectrical reservoir (West Morava)
Bela Crkva lakes
Bela Crkva lakes
Bela Crkva lakes is a group of six artificial lakes near the town of Bela Crkva, in the southern Banat region in Serbian province of Vojvodina. The lakes emerged as result of gravel exploitation, and the pits were subsequently filled with underground waters...

1.5 89 artificial six lakes in close proximity, former gravel exploitation sites
Veliko Kopovo 1.45 natural bog
Srpski Miletić fish pond 1.14 artificial fish pond
Rusanda
Rusanda
Rusanda is the name of a Lake Rusanda , a highly saline, shallow wetland, and also a spa town of Rusanda , in Melenci, Zrenjanin, Serbia. Belgrade is to the south.The spa was founded in 1867....

 
1.1 82 1.5 natural mud lake
Jegrička
Jegricka
The Jegrička , is a river in northern Serbia, in the Bačka region of the Vojvodina province, a 65 km-long left tributary to the Tisa river, often erroneously referred to as the longest river in Vojvodina.The Jegrička originates south of the Pivnice village, in the central Bačka and flows in the...

0.98 artificial fish pond
Sava Lake
Ada Ciganlija
Ada Ciganlija , colloquially shortened to Ada, is a river island that has artificially been turned into a peninsula, located in the Sava River's course through central Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name can also refer to the adjoining artificial Sava Lake and its beach...

 
0.8 natural dammed arm of the Sava, also Ada Ciganlija
Ada Ciganlija
Ada Ciganlija , colloquially shortened to Ada, is a river island that has artificially been turned into a peninsula, located in the Sava River's course through central Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name can also refer to the adjoining artificial Sava Lake and its beach...

Paljuvi
Paljuvi
Paljuvi is a village in the municipality of Ub, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 769 people....

0.8 artificial industrial reservoir (Klanica)
Pavlovci Lake 0.8 artificial industrial reservoir, also Kudoš
Borkovac Lake 0.69 6 artificial industrial reservoir (Borkovac)
Moharač Lake 0.6 artificial reservoir
Lake Ledinci 0.04 50 artificial submerged quarry
Grza Lake
Radoinja Lake
Krajkovac Lake 1 450
Bor Lake 0.3 438 50 reservoir
Semeteš Lake
Oblačina Lake 0.28
Dulene Lake
Svrčin Lake
Aleksandrovac Lake 0.08 artificial, part of irrigation system of South Morava near Vranje
Vranje
Vranje is a city and municipality located in southern Serbia. In 2011 the city has total population of 82,782, while the urban area has 54,456...

Pariguz
Pariguz
Pariguz is a lake in Resnik, an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia.The funny name of the lake was inherited from the muddy valley which existed before...

0.12 reservoir
Ostojićevo fish pond fish pond
Celeruša natural oxbow lake, old meander of Tisa River near Čoka
Coka
Čoka is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 4,720, while Čoka municipality has 13,835 inhabitants....



  • Note: in Serbian, word for lake (jezero) is almost always a part of the lake's name. If the name is given as a noun, jezero precedes it (Jezero Gazivode), if the name is given as an adjective (usually with the -ko suffix
    Suffix
    In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs...

    ), jezero comes after (Vlasinsko jezero).

See also

  • List of rivers of Serbia
  • List of mountains of Serbia
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