Lakes of Serbia
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This is the list of lakes in Serbia
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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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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.... ) 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... |
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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.... ) 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... |
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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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... ) Shared with Bosnia & Herzegovina |
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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.... |
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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 |
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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:... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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 suffixSuffixIn 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