Most lakes of Serbia are artificial, created by damming numerous rivers of Serbia for the purpose of obtaining hydroelectric power or as water reservoirs. Natural lakes in the Pannonian Plain are shallow, occurring as river arms or bogs, or by aeolian erosion. Few natural lakes in the mountains are of glacial origin.[1]
List of lakes
editThe list of lakes of Serbia, excluding the territory of Kosovo.
| Lake |
Max. area (km2) |
Alt. (m) |
Depth (m) |
Type |
Characteristics |
Photo |
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| Đerdap[2][3][4][5] | 253 | 70 | 92 | artificial | hydroelectric reservoir (Danube) Shared with Romania |
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| Đerdap II[3] | 92 | artificial | hydroelectric reservoir (Danube) Shared with Romania |
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| Vlasina Lake[2][4][5] | 16 | 1,213 | 22 | semi-artificial | peat bog turned into reservoir (Vlasina River) | 
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| Ečka fish pond[6] | 15.4 | 1.3 | artificial | fish pond | ,_Serbia._Fish_ponds._-_panoramio.jpg)
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| Perućac Lake[2][4][5] | 12.4 | 290 | 70 | artificial | hydroelectric reservoir (Drina), also called Bajina Bašta Shared with Bosnia & Herzegovina |
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| Gazivoda Lake[2][4] | 11.9 | 693 | 105 | artificial | industrial reservoir (Ibar) | 
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| Zasavica[4] | 11.5 | 10 | natural | bog, ancient arm of the Sava | 
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| Carska bara[4] | 11 | natural | bog | 
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| Fish pond Sakule[7] | 10.05 | 81 | artificial | fish pond | ||
| Gruža Lake[4] | 9.19 | artificial | industrial reservoir (Gruža (river)), Sea of Šumadija | 
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| Zvornik Lake[2][4][5] | 8.1 | 140 | 28 | artificial | hydroelectric reservoir (Drina) Shared with Bosnia & Herzegovina |
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| Zlatar Lake[2][4][5] | 7.3 | 880 | 75 | artificial | hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac) | 
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| Potpeć Lake[2][8] | 7 | 436 | 40 | artificial | hydroelectric reservoir (Lim) | .JPG){kind=small}
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| Obedska bara[4][5] | 7 | 72 | 12 | natural | bog, ancient arm of Sava | 
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| Veliki Rit | 7 | artificial | fish pond | |||
| Kapetanski Rit | 6.13 | artificial | fish pond | |||
| Sjenica Lake | 5 | 985 | 35 | artificial | hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac) | 
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| Bečej Fish pond | 5.7 | artificial | fish pond | |||
| Palić Lake[2][4][5] | 5.6 | 101 | 3.5 | (semi-)natural | eolian lake, artificially preserved | 
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| Zavoj Lake [4][9] | 5.53 | 612 | 60 | artificial | originally created by landslide, turned into hydroelectrical reservoir (Visočica) | 
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| Koviljski rit | 5.5 | natural | marsh | 
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| Fish pond Uzdin | 5.5 | artificial | fish pond | |||
| Bovan Lake | 5 | 7 | artificial | industrial reservoir (Sokobanjska Moravica) | 
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| White Lake[2][4][5] | 4.8 | 75 | 2.5 | natural | turned into fish pond | |
| Lake Ćelije[4] | 3.35 | 277 | 41 | artificial | water supply (Rasina) | 
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| Silver Lake | 4 | 70 | 8 | natural | dammed arm of the Danube | 
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| Zlatica | 3.9 | artificial | fish pond, formerly Jazovo | |||
| Opolje Lake[4][5] | 3.7 | 980 | semi-artificial | originally karst lake, turned into industrial reservoir | ||
| Ludaš Lake[4][10] | 3.68 | 101 | 2.5 | natural | eolian lake, also Ludoš | 
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| Fish pond Jedinstvo | 3.5 | artificial | fish pond | |||
| Okanj | 3 | natural | bog | |||
| Garaši | 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 | 
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| Gračanica Lake[4] | 2 | 29 | artificial | industrial reservoir (Gračanka) | 
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| Rovni Lake | 3.2 | artificial | industrial reservoir (Jablanica) | 
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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) | .jpg)
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| Bela Crkva lakes[11][12] | 1.5 | 89 | artificial | six lakes in close proximity, former gravel exploitation sites | 
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| Veliko Kopovo | 1.45 | natural | bog | |||
| Srpski Miletić fish pond | 1.14 | artificial | fish pond | |||
| Rusanda[4][5] | 1.1 | 82 | 1.5 | natural | mud lake | |
| Krajkovac Lake[13] | 1 | 450 | artificial | reservoir, near Krajkovac, Merošina | ||
| Jegrička | 0.98 | artificial | fish pond | 
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| Sava Lake[5] | 0.8 | natural | dammed arm of Sava, see also Ada Ciganlija | 
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| Paljuvi | 0.8 | artificial | industrial reservoir (Klanica) | |||
| Pavlovci Lake | 0.8 | artificial | industrial reservoir, also Kudoš | |||
| Borkovac Lake | 0.69 | 6 | artificial | industrial reservoir (Borkovac) | 
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| Moharač Lake[14] | 0.6 | artificial | reservoir | |||
| Ribnica Lake[15][16] | 0.4 | 968 | artificial | industrial-recreational reservoir (Crni Rzav) | 
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| Ada Safari | 0.04 | artificial | fishing resort | 
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| Grza Lake | ||||||
| Radoinja Lake[15] | 0.55 | 30 | Hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac river) | 
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| Bor Lake[17] | 0.3 | 438 | 50 | reservoir | 
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| Markovac Lake | 0.3 | artificial | 
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| Semeteš Lake | 
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| Oblačina Lake | 0.28 | 280 | natural | Natural lake near Oblačina, Merošina | 
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| Očaga | 0.12 | artificial | 
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| Pariguz | 0.12 | reservoir | ||||
| Taložnik | 0.12 | artificial | auxiliary to Sava Lake, see Ada Ciganlija | |||
| Aleksandrovac Lake[18] | 0.08 | artificial, part of irrigation system of South Morava near Vranje | ||||
| Duboki potok[19] | 0.07 | artificial | reservoir on eponymous creek near Barajevo | |||
| Goli Kamen | 0.05 | 550 | artificial | reservoir near Vučkovica, Guča | ||
| Dulene Lake | 0.03 | 435 | 7 | artificial | Abandoned water reservoir near Dulene, Kragujevac | |
| Bela Reka | 0.02 | artificial | 
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| Rabrovac Lake | 0.01 | |||||
| Ostojićevo fish pond | fish pond | |||||
| Celeruša[20] | natural | oxbow lake, old meander of Tisa River near Čoka | ||||
| Trešnja | 0.003 | artificial | 
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| Rakina bara[21] | 0.002 | 2 | natural | Karst sinkhole near Sremčica, Belgrade | ||
| Bešenovo Lake (White Stone)[22] | 57 | artificial | Submerged quarry near Bešenovo | 
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| Jarevac lake | artificial | 
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- Note: in Serbian, the 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), jezero follows it (Vlasinsko jezero).
See also
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References
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