List of lakes of Kosovo explained

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:

LakeArea (km2)Altit. (m)Depth (m)(Million m3)TypeCharacteristics
1.Gazivoda Lake[1] align:"right"9.2align:"right"693align:"right"105align:"right"380 artificialindustrial reservoir (Ibar River)
2.Radoniq Lakealign:"right"5.06align:"right"455align:"right"30align:"right"113 artificialindustrial reservoir (Sosnica)
3.Lake Batllavaalign:""3.07align:""600align:""35align:""40artificialindustrial reservoir (Batllava)
4.Badovc Lake[2] align:"right"1.7align:"right"align:"right"29align:"right"26artificialindustrial reservoir (Gračanka)
5.Fierza Reservoiralign"right"2.46align"right"295align"right"128align"right"artificialhydroelectric reservoir (Drin River)

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 (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.

Notes and References

  1. Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo;
  2. http://www.instat.gov.al Istitue of Statistics, Albania