List of lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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
glaciations
, 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 at Zelengora
mountain.
Unlike the mountain lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Plivsko Lake was made of a natural chemical
urbanisation
, which began in the 1960s.
biological opportunities for the fish farming
.
List of lakes
| Lake | Origin | Municipality/Town/Village/Mountain |
|---|---|---|
| Alagovac Lake | Natural | Nevesinje |
| Balkana Lake | * Natural/Artificial | Mrkonjić Grad |
Bara Lake
|
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Bardača Lake
|
Natural | Srbac |
| Bašigovačko Lake | Natural | Živinice |
Bijelo Lake
|
Natural | Treskavica |
| Bijelo lake | Natural | Zelengora |
| Bilećko Lake | Artificial | Bileća |
| Bistarac Lake | Natural | Lukavac |
| Bijelo Borje Lake | Natural | Bijelo Borje - Vareš |
| Blatačko Lake | Natural | Konjic/Bjelašnica |
| Blidinje Lake | * Natural/Artificial[2] | Tomislavgrad/Posušje, Vran Mt., Čvrsnica Mt. |
| Bočac Lake | Artificial | Bočac |
Boračko Lake
|
Natural | Konjic/Glavatičevo |
| Breštica Lake | Natural | Banovići |
| Bukvensko Lake | ||
| Busača Lake | ||
| Busija Lake | Natural | Glamoč |
Buško Blato
|
Artificial | Livno |
| Bužimsko Lake | Artificial | Bužim |
| Crno Lake | Natural | Treskavica |
| Crno Lake | Natural | Zelengora |
| Crvenjak Lake | Natural | Čvrsnica |
| Deransko Lake | Natural | Hutovo Blato |
| Donje Bare | Natural | Zelengora |
| Drenova Lake | Natural | Prnjavor |
| Drijen Vrelo | Natural | Hutovo Blato |
| Goransko Jezero | Artificial | Doboj |
| Gornje Bare | Natural | Zelengora |
| Grabovičko Lake | Artificial | Jablanica |
| Grahovčići Lake | * Artificial/Natural | Travnik |
| Grajseljići Lake | Artificial | Ulog |
Gubinsko Lake
|
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| Gvozno Lake | Natural | Ulog |
| Hazna Lake | Artificial | Gradačac |
| Hrast Lake | Natural | Glamoč |
| Humci Lake | Čelić | |
| Idovačko Lake | Natural | Raduša |
| Ispod Pržića Malo Lake | * Artificial/Natural | Vareš |
| Ispod Pržića Veliko Lake | * Artificial/Natural | Vareš |
Jablaničko Lake
|
Artificial | Jablanica/Konjic |
| Jasikovac Lake | Natural | Drvar |
| Jelim Lake | Natural | Hutovo Blato |
Jelovac Lake
|
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| Jugovo Lake | Natural | Zelengora |
| Kalemovo Lake | Prozor-Rama, at an elevation of 900m | |
| Kladopoljsko Lake | Natural | Zelengora |
| Klinje Lake | Artificial | Gacko |
| Kotlaničko Lake | Natural | Zelengora |
| Krenica Lake | Natural | Drinovačko field |
| Kukavičko Lake | Natural | Kupres |
| Kvrkulja Lake | ||
| Laminci Lake | Natural | Gradiška |
| Lipsko Lake | Artificial | Livno |
| Mali Lug | * Artificial/Natural | Fojnica |
Malo Lake
|
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| Malo Plivsko Lake | Natural | Jajce |
| Mandek Lake | Artificial | Livno |
| Mezgraja Lake | * Artificial/Natural | Ugljevik |
| Mijino Lake | ||
| Mlado Lake | * Artificial/Natural | Kakanj |
Modračko Lake
|
Artificial | Lukavac |
| Mostarsko Lake | Artificial | Mostar |
| Nuga Lake | Artificial | Tihaljina |
| Orah Lake | Natural | Hutovo Blato |
| Orlovo Lake | Ozren | |
| Oličko Lake | ||
Opačićko Lake
|
Natural | Glamoč |
| Orlovačko Lake | Natural | Zelengora |
Panonsko Lake
|
Artificial | Tuzla |
Pasje Lake
|
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| Paučko Lake | * Natural/Artificial | Kladanj |
| Pelagićevo Lake | * Artificial/Natural | Pelagićevo |
Peručaćko Lake
|
Artificial | Peručac |
Pijavičko Lake
|
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| Platno Lake | Natural | Treskavica, above Veliko lake |
Popovača Lake
|
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Prekajsko Lake
|
Artificial | Drvar |
| Prokoško Lake | Natural | Vranica |
| Radovan Lake | Artificial | Gornji Vakuf |
Ramsko Lake
|
Artificial | Prozor |
Ramičko Lake
|
Natural | Banovići |
| Rastičevsko Lake | Natural | Kupres |
| Salakovačko Lake | Artificial | Mostar/Salakovac |
| Sniježnica | Artificial | Teočak |
Starača Lake
|
||
| Šatorsko Lake | Natural | Šator |
| Šićki Brod Lake | * Artificial/Natural | Šićki Brod |
| Škrka Lake | Natural | Hutovo Blato |
| Štirinsko Lake (Serbian: Штиринско Језеро / Štirinsko Jezero) | Natural | Zelengora |
| Trebinjsko Lake | Artificial | Trebinje |
| Tribistovo Lake | Artificial | Posušje |
Turjača Lake
|
Natural | Kupres |
| Uloško Lake (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 | * Natural/Artificial | Jajce |
| Vidara Lake | Artificial | Gradačac |
| Vijenac Lake | * Natural/Artificial | Banovići |
| Višegradsko Lake | Višegrad | |
| Vrtliško Lake | * Artificial/Natural | Kakanj |
| Vrutak Lake | Artificial | Hutovo |
| Zanasovići Lake | * Artificial/Natural | Bugojno |
| Žabar Lake | Natural | Pelagicevo |
Zvorničko Lake
|
Artificial | Zvornik |
| Ždrimačko Lake | Gornji Vakuf | |
| Župica Lake |
- * 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.
See also
References
- ^ "Buško Blato part of the Livanjsko field". Euronatur.org. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ Radoš, Denis (2017). "A history of the occurrence of Blidinje lake (Bosnia and Herzegovina)". Geoadria. 22 (1): 1–40.
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