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 Blidinje Nature Park () is a nature park in Bosnia and Herzegovina, established on 30 April 1995. It is situated at the Blidinje plateau, in the heart of Dinaric Alps, between major mountains of the range, Čvrsnica, Čabulja and Vran, with ...

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 marshland, 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 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 lakes were made, for example

Jugovo Lake Jugovo Lake ( sr, Југово jезеро, Jugovo jezero), also known as Borilovačko Lake ( sr, Бориловачко jезеро, Borilovačko jezero) is a lake of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the municipality of ...

at Zelengora mountain. Unlike the mountain lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Plivsko Lake was made of a natural chemical precipitate of carbonate minerals and forming travertine sediment in the process. The subsistence of these lakes is highly threatened by urbanisation, which began in the 1960s. Hutovo Blato was made in the valley of the

Neretva The Neretva ( sr-cyrl, Неретва, ), also known as Narenta, is one of the largest rivers of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. Four HE power-plants with large dams (higher than 150,5 metres) provide flood protection, power and water s ...

river and its existence depends on the energy and meliorative attempts in the underflow of

river.

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

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opportunities for the fish farming.

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 , - , Velež Lake , , Velež , - , Veliki Lug , * Artificial/Natural , Fojnica , - , 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 , - , 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 Višegradsko Lake is a lake of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the municipality of Visegrad. See also *List of lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina Natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina take , which is a little more th ...

, , Višegrad , - , Vrtliško Lake , * Artificial/Natural , Kakanj , - , Vrutak Lake , Artificial , Hutovo , - , Zanasovići Lake , * Artificial/Natural , Bugojno , - , Žabar Lake , Natural , Pelagicevo , - ,

Zvorničko Lake Zvornik Lake ( sr, Зворничко језеро, bs, Zvorničko jezero) is an artificial lake located on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It was created after construction of a hydroelectric power station in 1954 on the Drina ...

, 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 * Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 ...