Lake Piva ( cg, Пивско језеро, Pivsko јezero) is a reservoir in

Montenegro ) , image_map = Europe-Montenegro.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Podgorica , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = M ...

. It is located in the northwest part of the country, in

Plužine Municipality Plužine Municipality ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Opština Plužine / Општина Плужине) is one of the municipalities in northwestern region of Montenegro. The administrative center is Town of Plužine. According to the 2011 census, it ...

. The surface of the lake is 12.5 km², the length is 45 km, and the maximum depth is 188 m. The elevation is 675 m above sea level. The artificial lake is the result of the construction of

Mratinje Dam The Mratinje Dam ( cnr, Брана Мратиње, Brana Mratinje) is a concrete arch dam in the canyon of the Piva River in Montenegro. The dam was completed in 1975 with designs by Energoprojekt. Its construction resulted in the flooding of the ...

on the

Piva river The Piva (Serbian Cyrillic: Пива, ) is the river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river runs through Montenegro for the most of its course length, and in its last three kilometres represents the border between the two countries. ...

. On the bottom of the lake there is the old town Plužine;

Piva Monastery The Piva Monastery ( sr, Манастир Пивски, Manastir Pivski), also known as the Church of Sv. Bogorodica or the Church of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, is located in Piva, Montenegro near the source of the Piva River in nort ...

was also there, but it has been relocated. The new location of the monastery is 8 km from Plužine, and 3.5 km away from the original location of the monastery. The relocation has started in 1969 and finished in 1982.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20131126132358/http://pluzine.travel/page.php?id=89 *http://www.montenegrina.net/pages/pages1/crnom_gorom/pivsko_jezero_v_karas.html *http://www.insight-montenegro.com/en/destinations/northern-region/piva-lake-and-piva-river-montenegro.html {{commons category, Piva Reservoir

Piva Piva may refer to: * Piva (river), a river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina * Piva, Montenegro, a region in Montenegro and tribe * Piva River, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea * Piva Trail, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea ** Battle for Piva Tr ...

Bodies of water of Montenegro Plužine Municipality