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 5.06 455 30 113 artificial industrial reservoir (Sosnica)
3. Lake Batllava[1] 3.07 600 35 40 artificial industrial reservoir (Batllava)
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 fourth 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

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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 (Accursed Mountains and Šar Mountains). Leqinat lake and Little Liqenat Lake are found on Liqenat mountain, and Zemra Lake and Gjeravica Lake are found near the peak of Gjeravica.

See also

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References

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