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Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

are artificial, created by damming numerous

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for the purpose of obtaining hydroelectric power or as water reservoirs. Natural lakes in the Pannonian Plain are shallow, occurred as river arms or bogs, or by

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. Few natural lakes in the mountains are of glacial origin.

List of lakes

The list of lakes of Serbia, excluding the territory of

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

. *Note: in Serbian, word for lake (''jezero'') is almost always a part of the lake's name. If the name is given as a noun, ''jezero'' precedes it (Jezero Gazivode), if the name is given as an adjective (usually with the ''-ko''

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), ''jezero'' comes after (Vlasinsko jezero).

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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

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