List of lakes of Kosovo

Kosovo is home to five large lakes. The largest of these is Gazivoda Lake, in the north-western part of Kosovo in the municipality of Zubin Potok. These are five of the largest lakes in Kosovo:

Lake Area (km²) Altit. (m) Depth (m) (Million m³) Type Characteristics
1. Gazivoda Lake[1] 9.2 693 105 380 artificial industrial reservoir (Ibar River)
2. Radoniq Lake 5.06 113 artificial industrial reservoir (Sosnica)
3. Batlava Lake[1] 3.07 600 35 40 artificial industrial reservoir (Batlava)
4. Badovc Lake[2] 1.7 29 26 artificial industrial reservoir (Gračanka)
5. Fierza Reservoir[2] 2.46 295 128 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Drin River)
  • Gazivoda Lake is shared between Kosovo and Serbia. The total area of the lake is 11.9 km², while Serbia has less than one third of it (2.7 km²).
  • Fierza Lake is shared between Kosovo and Albania. The total area of the lake is 73 km², while Kosovo only encompasses 2.46 km² of it.

Other lakes

Other, smaller lakes are to be found in Kosovo as well. These three lakes are located in the west and are all fed by tributaries of the South Morava:

Many smaller beautiful lakes are found on the mountains (Prokletije and Šar Mountains). Leqinat lake and Small Lićenat Lake are found on Liqenat mountain, and Zemra Lake and Đeravica Lake are found near the peak of Đeravica.

See also
  •  Lakes portal

References
  1. Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
  2. Istitue of Statistics, Albania
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