Natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina take , which is a little more than 0.12% of the total surface area of

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. Buško Blato is the largest lake, its size being 56.7 km². Blidinje lake is the largest natural mountain lake in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with surface area varying between , and Buško Blato lake with its size of is the biggest artificial accumulation in Bosnia and Herzegovina; this lake was made from accumulation of water from the Buško Blato

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, earlier natural

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and

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system. The total size of all lakes is 1/10 as large as the world average. Because of this, natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina are not economically important. All the natural lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina are younger than 9000 years, unlike the other European lakes. This was concluded after the explorations of absolute age of the lake silt. It was written in older literature that the mountain lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina were made because of glacial movements, and the lower altitude lakes of

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

flows in combination with

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, but many other facts were unattended. In the mountain parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina animal husbandry had a crucial impact on lakes. Every ranch had its own lake which served as a cattle watering-place. If there were no natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then the

artificial lake A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

s were made, for example Jugovo Lake at

Zelengora Zelengora ( sr-cyrl, Зеленгора) is a mountain range in the Sutjeska National Park of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has a highest altitude of .Ljubljani & Slovenije, p. 194 Topography Geologically, the Zelengora range is part of the Din ...

mountain. Unlike the mountain lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Plivsko Lake was made of a natural chemical

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carbonate minerals Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion, . Carbonate divisions Anhydrous carbonates *Calcite group: trigonal **Calcite CaCO3 **Gaspéite (Ni,Mg,Fe2+)CO3 **Magnesite MgCO3 **Otavite CdCO3 **Rhodochrosite MnCO3 **Sider ...

and forming

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sediment Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. For example, sand an ...

in the process. The subsistence of these lakes is highly threatened by

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, which began in the 1960s.

Hutovo Blato Hutovo Blato ( sr-cyrl, Хутово Блато) is a nature reserve and bird reserve located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is primarily composed of marshlands that were created by the underground aquifer system of the Krupa River. It is fed from ...

was made in the valley of the

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river and its existence depends on the

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and meliorative attempts in the underflow of

river. Ichthyological research of natural lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina began in 1924 and that research determined good

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and

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opportunities for the

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List of lakes

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Trebinjsko Lake Trebinjsko Lake is an artificial lake of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the municipality of Trebinje. it was created as a reservoir by damming the Trebišnjica river just few kilometers upstream from Trebinje town with a facility and dam, ...

, Artificial , Trebinje , - , Tribistovo Lake , Artificial , Posušje , - , Turjača Lake , Natural , Kupres , - ,

Uloško Lake Uloško Lake is a lake of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and sout ...

(a.k.a. Crvanjsko Lake) , Natural , Ulog , - , Vareš Lake , * Artificial/Natural ,

Vareš Vareš ( cyrl, Вареш) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is famous for the local m ...

, - , Velež Lake , , Velež , - , Veliki Lug , * Artificial/Natural ,

Fojnica Fojnica ( sr-cyrl, Фојница) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located west of the capital Sarajevo, in the valley of the Fojn ...

, - , Veliko Lake , Natural , Treskavica , - ,

Veliko Plivsko Lake Veliko Plivsko Lake is a part artificial, part natural lake of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country ...

, * Natural/Artificial , Jajce , - , Vidara Lake , Artificial ,

Gradačac Gradačac ( sr-cyrl, Градачац, ) is a city located in the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, roughly south of ...

, - , Vijenac Lake , * Natural/Artificial ,

Banovići Banovići ( sr-cyrl, Бановићи) is a town and municipality located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The intensive develo ...

, - , Višegradsko Lake , , Višegrad , - , Vrtliško Lake , * Artificial/Natural , Kakanj , - , Vrutak Lake , Artificial , Hutovo , - , Zanasovići Lake , * Artificial/Natural ,

Bugojno Bugojno ( sr-cyrl, Бугојно) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on river Vrbas, to the northwest from Sarajevo. Acco ...

, - , Žabar Lake , Natural , Pelagicevo , - , Zvorničko Lake , Artificial , Zvornik , - , Ždrimačko Lake , , Gornji Vakuf , - ,

Župica Lake Župica Lake ( sr, Жупица језеро, Župica jezero) is an artificial lake of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Unac River. The Unac River rises beneath Šator mountain, flows through the municipality of Drvar and finally meets Una River i ...

, , * * Artificial/Natural - ''Abandoned surface mineshaft subsequently flooded with underground wells;'' * * Natural/Artificial - ''Of natural origin with a subsequent works on regulating the quantity of water and/or increasing depth and/or arranging the environment.''

References

External links

Bistro BiH - Anglers web portal of Bosnia and Herzegovina
{{Europe topic, List of lakes of *

Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

List of lakes

See also

References

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