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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 Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...
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 ...


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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 {{TuzlaCanton-geo-stub