Modrac Lake (
Bosnian: Jezero Modrac) is an artificial lake in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
. Located in the municipality of
Lukavac, it is home to many species of fish and is popular with fishermen.
A 2005 effort to turn it into a tourist attraction was unsuccessful because of local government neglect and inhabitants' practice of dumping garbage on the shore. The resulting disease and
bacteria
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made it undesirable for swimming. As a result, tourists lost interest in the lake.
A cable car for goods transport crosses Modrac Lake.
See also
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List of lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 lake is the largest natural mountain ...
References
Artificial lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Modracko_Jezero_Morning.JPG, East side of Lake Modrac
Modrac,_14_km_dlouha_dulni_lanovka_vedouci_k_elektrarne_Luka.jpg, Cable car over Modrac Lake
Jezero Modrac SSME 4x4.png, Modrac Lake
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