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lake 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 large ...

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Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. In Slovenia, there are 321 bodies of water classified as lakes, which includes

intermittent lakes Intermittency is a behavior of dynamical systems: regular alternation of phases of apparently periodic and chaotic dynamics. Intermittent or intermittency may also refer to: *Intermittent river or stream, the one that ceases to flow every year or ...

and artificial

reservoir 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. Most of the lakes in the country have

glacial A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate betwe ...

origin and many are intermittent because of the Karst surface. The largest glacial lakes are Lake Bled (147 ha) and

Lake Bohinj Lake Bohinj ( sl, Bohinjsko jezero, german: Wocheiner See), covering , is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. It is located within the Bohinj Valley of the Julian Alps, in the northwestern Upper Carniola region, and part of Triglav National Par ...

(318 ha), and the largest intermittent lake is

Lake Cerknica Lake Cerknica (; sl, Cerkniško jezero, german: Zirknitzer See) is an intermittent lake in the southern part of the Cerknica Polje, a karst polje in Inner Carniola, a region in southwestern Slovenia. The lake, oriented in the Dinaric direction ...

(2500 ha when completely filled). The deepest lake is the

Wild Lake Wild Lake ( sl, Divje jezero) is a lake near Idrija in western Slovenia and a karst spring of the Vauclusian type. The lake is the source of the Jezernica River, a tributary of the Idrijca and, at long, the shortest river in Slovenia. Water flow ...

, reaching a depth of over , followed by Lake Družmir with the maximum depth of . ''Jezero'' is the Slovene word for lake.

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* Black Lake () * Lake Blaguš () * Lake Bled () *

() * Lake Bukovnica ()

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() * Double Lake () * Lake Družmir ()

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* Lake Gradišče ()

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* Lake Jasna

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* Lake Komarnik () *

Lake Kreda Lake Kreda is a man-made lake in the Radovna Valley in northwestern Slovenia. The lake got its name from the chalk ( sl, kreda) that was mined in the area until 1985. The digging also created a basin, which gradually filled with water and the lak ...

() * Lake Krn ()

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* Lake Ledava () *

Lakes Lovrenc 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 ...

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* Lake Maribor ()

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* Lake Palčje () * Lake Petelinje () * Lake Planšar () *

Lake Ptuj Lake Ptuj (; sl, Ptujsko jezero) is a reservoir on the Drava River southeast of the town of Ptuj in eastern Slovenia. It is the largest reservoir in Slovenia and was created in 1978 when a dam for the Formin hydroelectric power plant was buil ...

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* Lake Ribnica ()

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* Lake Šalek () * Lake Šmartno ()

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* Lake Vogrsko ()

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* Lake Zbilje () * Lake Žovnek ()

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