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

The list of lakes of Serbia, excluding the territory of Kosovo.

Lake
 Max.
area (km²) 		Alt.
(m) 		Depth
(m) 		Type
 Characteristics
 Photo
Đerdap[2][3][4][5] 253 70 92 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Danube)
Shared with Romania
Đerdap II[3] 92 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Danube)
Shared with Romania
Vlasina Lake[2][4][5] 16 1,213 22 semi-artificial peat bog turned into reservoir (Vlasina River)
Ečka fish pond[6] 15.4 1.3 artificial fish pond
Perućac Lake[2][4][5] 12.4 290 70 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Drina), also called Bajina Bašta
Shared with Bosnia & Herzegovina
Gazivoda Lake[2][4] 11.9 693 105 artificial industrial reservoir (Ibar)
Zasavica[4] 11.5 10 natural bog, ancient arm of the Sava
Carska bara[4] 11 natural bog
Fish pond Sakule[7] 10.05 81 artificial fish pond
Gruža Lake[4] 9.19 artificial industrial reservoir (Gruža (river)), Sea of Šumadija
Zvornik Lake[2][4][5] 8.1 140 28 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Drina)
Shared with Bosnia & Herzegovina
Zlatar Lake[2][4][5] 7.3 880 75 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac)
Potpeć Lake[2][8] 7 436 40 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Lim)
Obedska bara[4][5] 7 72 12 natural bog, ancient arm of Sava
Veliki Rit 7 artificial fish pond
Kapetanski Rit 6.13 artificial fish pond
Sjenica Lake 6.1 985 100 artificial hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac)
Bečej Fish pond 5.7 artificial fish pond
Palić Lake[2][4][5] 5.6 101 3.5 (semi-)natural eolian lake, artificially preserved
Zavoj Lake [4][9] 5.53 612 60 artificial originally created by landslide, turned into hydroelectrical reservoir (Visočica)
Koviljski rit 5.5 natural marsh
Fish pond Uzdin 5.5 artificial fish pond
Bovan Lake 5 7 artificial industrial reservoir (Sokobanjska Moravica)
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)
Silver Lake 4 70 8 natural dammed arm of the Danube
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
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
Gračanica Lake[4] 2 29 artificial industrial reservoir (Gračanka)
Rovni Lake 3.2 artificial industrial reservoir (Jablanica)
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[11][12] 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[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
Sava Lake[5] 0.8 natural dammed arm of Sava, see also Ada Ciganlija
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)
Moharač Lake[14] 0.6 artificial reservoir
Ribnica Lake[15][16] 0.4 968 artificial industrial-recreational reservoir (Crni Rzav)
Ada Safari 0.04 artificial fishing resort
Grza Lake
Radoinja Lake[15] 0.55 30 Hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac river)
Bor Lake[17] 0.3 438 50 reservoir
Markovac Lake 0.3 artificial
Semeteš Lake
Oblačina Lake 0.28 280 natural Natural lake near Oblačina, Merošina
Dulene Lake 0.03 435 7 artificial Abandoned water reservoir near Dulene, Kragujevac
Očaga 0.12 artificial
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
Bela Reka 0.02 artificial
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
Rakina bara[21] 0.002 2 natural Karst sinkhole near Sremčica, Belgrade
Bešenovo Lake (White Stone)[22] 57 artificial Submerged quarry near Bešenovo
Jarevac lake artificial

See also

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References

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  8. ^ "Zlatar mountain". Tourist organization "Zlatar". Retrieved 2010-11-05.[permanent dead link]
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  10. ^ "Special Nature Reserve "Lake Ludas"". Etnolife Association. Archived from the original on 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  11. ^ Geografski položaj, Bela Crkva.rs, archived from the original on 2011-11-14
  12. ^ Geographical position, Bela Crkva.org
  13. ^ "Krajkovačko jezero – omiljeno letnje izletište". Jugmedia. 2012-07-22.
  14. ^ Jezero Moharač, archived from the original on 2010-02-12, retrieved 2010-08-20
  15. ^ a b Ribnica Lake on Zlatibor site
  16. ^ "Poslovni (master) plan turističke destinacije Zlatibor-Zlatar" (PDF) (in Serbian). Faculty of Tourist Management, Singidunum University. p. 18.
  17. ^ "Borsko jezero" (in Serbian). Serbia travel club.
  18. ^ "Iz Aleksandrovačkog jezera odneto 30.000 kubika mulja". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
  19. ^ "Duboki potok".
  20. ^ "Bara Celeruša – Čoka".
  21. ^ "Zemlja guta Rakinu baru". Politika. 2011-11-13.
  22. ^ "Bešenovačko jezero – slučajni biser nadomak Novog Sada". Novine Novosadske. 2012-08-18. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
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