Badovc Lake is an artificial reservoir on the river
Gračanka
Gračanka ( sr, Грачанка) or Graçanka ( sq, Graçankë) (also known as Gračanica/Graçanicë, ''Грачаница'') is a river in Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( ...
two kilometers above
Gračanica Gračanica () may refer to:
Places
Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town and municipality in Tuzla
*Gračanica (Bugojno), a village in Central Bosnia
*Gračanica, Gacko, a village in Republika Srpska
*Gračanica, Proz ...
, built in 1963–1966 in order to supply city of
Pristina with water. The dam height of 52 m, a width of 246 m, was built in Badovc ravine below
Gollak
Gollak ( sq-definite, Gollaku, sr, Гољак, Goljak) or Gallap ( sq-definite, Gallapi) is a mountainous and ethnographic region in the eastern part of Kosovo and partially in Serbia, bordering the Llap region to the North, the Kosovo field t ...
mountains, near the mine "Rainwater".
When it is full, the lake is long and up to wide, maximum depth is 30 m, a total volume of 26 million cubic meters of water. The lake has a
catchment area of . In February 2014, water levels were threatened, due to a very dry winter.
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See also
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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:
*Gazivoda Lake is shared between Kosovo and Serbia ...
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Batllava Lake
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Water in Pristina
Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo, is one of the municipalities with the most severe water shortages in the country. Citizens of Pristina have to cope with daily water curbs due to the lack of rainfall and snowfall which has left the city's wate ...
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Lakes of Kosovo
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