Župica Lake () is an artificial lake of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
on the
Unac River
The Unac ( sr-cyrl, Унац) is a sinking river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It rises beneath Šator mountain, flows through the municipality of Drvar and finally meets Una River in Martin Brod. Also runs through two deep and rugged karstic cany ...
. The Unac River rises beneath
Šator
Šator ( sr-cyrl, Шатор) is a mountain in the Dinaric Alps, in the western regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name ''šator'' means "tent". The highest peak Veliki Šator is above sea level. Dimensions of the mountain are some in the wes ...
mountain, flows through the municipality of
Drvar
Drvar (, ) is a town and the seat of the Municipality of Drvar in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the road between Bosansko Grahovo an ...
and finally meets
Una River in
Martin Brod
Martin Brod ( sr-Cyrl, Мартин Брод) is a village in the Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, municipality of Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It is mostly known for its proximity to Una National Park, which is Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
. It's dammed to form small
Preodačko Lake and a few kilometers downstream larger Župica Lake (a.k.a. Prekajsko Lake), before it reach town of
Drvar
Drvar (, ) is a town and the seat of the Municipality of Drvar in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the road between Bosansko Grahovo an ...
in the municipality of
Drvar
Drvar (, ) is a town and the seat of the Municipality of Drvar in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the road between Bosansko Grahovo an ...
.
The lake is located upstream from
Drvar
Drvar (, ) is a town and the seat of the Municipality of Drvar in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the road between Bosansko Grahovo an ...
.
Župica Dam is 24.75 metres high, with a curtain length of 692 metres and a surface volume of 127,777 square metres.
See also
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List of lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina take , which is a little more than 0.12% of the total surface area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Buško Blato is the largest lake, its size being 56.7 km2. Blidinje lake is the largest natural mountain ...
References
Artificial lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dams in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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