List of lakes of Serbia

Most lakes of Serbia are artificial, created by damming numerous rivers of Serbia 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 aeolian erosion. Few natural lakes in the mountains are of glacial origin.^[1]

List of lakes

The list of lakes of Serbia, excluding the territory of Kosovo

Lake	Max. area (km²)	Alt. (m)	Depth (m)	Type	Characteristics	Photo
Đerdap[2][3][4][5]	253	70	92	artificial	hydroelectric reservoir (Danube) Shared with Romania
Đerdap II [3]	92			artificial	hydroelectric reservoir (Danube) Shared with Romania
Fish pond Ečka [4][5]	25			artificial	fish pond
Vlasina Lake [2][4][5]	16	1,213	22	semi-artificial	peat bog turned into reservoir (Vlasina River)
Perućac Lake [2][4][5]	12.4	290	70	artificial	hydroelectric reservoir (Drina), also called Bajina Bašta Shared with Bosnia & Herzegovina
Gazivode Lake [2][4]	11.9	693	105	artificial	industrial reservoir (Ibar)
Zasavica [4]	11.5		10	natural	bog, ancient arm of the Sava
Carska bara [4]	11			natural	bog
Fish pond Sakule [6]	10.05	81		artificial	fish pond
Gruža Lake [4]	9.19			artificial	industrial reservoir (Gruža (river)), Sea of Šumadija
Zvornik Lake [2][4][5]	8.1	140	28	artificial	hydroelectric reservoir (Drina) Shared with Bosnia & Herzegovina
Zlatar Lake [2][4][5]	7.3	880	75	artificial	hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac)
Potpeć Lake [2][7]	7	436	40	artificial	hydroelectric reservoir (Lim)
Obedska bara [4][5]	7	72	12	natural	bog, ancient arm of Sava
Veliki Rit	7			artificial	fish pond
Kapetanski Rit	6.13			artificial	fish pond
Sjenica Lake	6.1	985	100	artificial	hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac)
Bečej Fish pond	5.7			artificial	fish pond
Palić Lake[2][4][5]	5.6	101	3.5	(semi-)natural	eolian lake, artificially preserved
Zavoj Lake [4][8]	5.53	612	60	artificial	originally created by landslide, turned into hydroelectrical reservoir (Visočica)
Koviljski rit	5.5			natural	marsh
Fish pond Uzdin	5.5			artificial	fish pond
Bovan Lake	5		7	artificial	industrial reservoir (Sokobanjska Moravica)
White Lake[2][4][5]	4.8	75	2.5	natural	turned into fish pond
Lake Ćelije [4]	3.35	277	41	artificial	industrial reservoir (Rasina)
Silver Lake	4	70	8	natural	dammed arm of the Danube
Zlatica	3.9			artificial	fish pond, formerly Jazovo
Opolje Lake [4][5]	3.7	980		semi-artificial	originally karst lake, turned into industrial reservoir
Ludaš Lake [4][9]	3.68	101	2.5	natural	eolian lake, also Ludoš
Fish pond Jedinstvo	3.5			artificial	fish pond
Okanj	3			natural	bog
Garaši	3	411	40	artificial	industrial reservoir
Novi Kneževac fish pond	2.63			artificial	fish pond
Velebit fish pond	2.58			artificial	fish pond
Zobnatica Lake	2.55			artificial	industrial reservoir (Krivaja)
Futog fish pond	2.1			artificial	fish pond, formerly DTD
Veliko Blato	2			natural	bog, within Pančevački Rit
Gračanica Lake [4]	2		29	artificial	industrial reservoir (Gračanica)
Rovni Lake	3.2			artificial	industrial reservoir (Valjevo)
Sutjeska fish pond	2			artificial	fish pond
Susek fish pond	2			artificial	fish pond
Kolut fish pond	1.82			artificial	fish pond
Lake Međuvršje	1.5	273	23	artificial	hydroelectrical reservoir (West Morava)
Bela Crkva lakes[10][11]	1.5	89		artificial	six lakes in close proximity, former gravel exploitation sites
Veliko Kopovo	1.45			natural	bog
Srpski Miletić fish pond	1.14			artificial	fish pond
Rusanda [4][5]	1.1	82	1.5	natural	mud lake
Krajkovac Lake[12]	1	450		artificial	reservoir, near Krajkovac, Merošina
Jegrička	0.98			artificial	fish pond
Sava Lake [5]	0.8			natural	dammed arm of Sava, see also Ada Ciganlija
Paljuvi	0.8			artificial	industrial reservoir (Klanica)
Pavlovci Lake	0.8			artificial	industrial reservoir, also Kudoš
Borkovac Lake	0.69		6	artificial	industrial reservoir (Borkovac)
Moharač Lake[13]	0.6			artificial	reservoir
Ribnica Lake [14][15]	0.4	968		artificial	industrial-recreational reservoir (Crni Rzav)
Ada Safari	0.04			artificial	fishing resort
Grza Lake
Radoinja Lake[14]	0.55		30		Hydroelectric reservoir (Uvac river)
Bor Lake[16]	0.3	438	50	reservoir
Markovac Lake	0.3			artificial
Semeteš Lake
Oblačina Lake	0.28	280		natural	Natural lake near Oblačina, Merošina
Dulene Lake	0.03	435	7	artificial	Abandoned water reservoir near Dulene, Kragujevac
Očaga	0.12			artificial
Pariguz	0.12			reservoir
Taložnik	0.12			artificial	auxiliary to Sava Lake, see Ada Ciganlija
Aleksandrovac Lake[17]	0.08				artificial, part of irrigation system of South Morava near Vranje
Duboki potok[18]	0.07			artificial	reservoir on eponymous creek near Barajevo
Bela reka	0.02			artificial
Rabrovac Lake	0.01
Ostojićevo fish pond					fish pond
Celeruša[19]				natural	oxbow lake, old meander of Tisa River near Čoka
Trešnja	0.003			artificial
Rakina bara[20]	0.002		2	natural	Karst sinkhole near Sremčica, Belgrade
Bešenovo Lake (White Stone)[21]			57	artificial	Submerged quarry near Bešenovo
Jarevac lake				artificial

Former lakes

Lake	Max. area (km²)	Alt. (m)	Depth (m)	Type	Characteristics	Photo
Svrčin Lake				artificial	Medieval lake in Kosovo field
Lake Ledinci	0.04		50	artificial	Submerged stone quarry, re-dried for exploitation

• 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 suffix), jezero comes after (Vlasinsko jezero).

See also

• List of rivers of Serbia
• List of mountains of Serbia

References

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11. Geographical position, Bela Crkva.org
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