List_of_lakes_of_Kosovo Knowpia

Kosovo is home to five large lakes. The largest of these is Gazivoda Lake, in the north-western part of Kosovo in the municipality of Zubin Potok. These are five of the largest lakes in Kosovo:

	Lake	Area (km²)	Altit. (m)	Depth (m)	(Million m³)	Type	Characteristics
1.	Gazivoda Lake^[1]	9.2	693	105	380	artificial	industrial reservoir (Ibar River)
2.	Radoniq Lake	5.06	455	30	113	artificial	industrial reservoir (Sosnica)
3.	Batllava Lake^[1]	3.07	600	35	40	artificial	industrial reservoir (Batllava)
4.	Badovc Lake^[2]	1.7		29	26	artificial	industrial reservoir (Gračanka)
5.	Fierza Reservoir^[2]	2.46	295	128		artificial	hydroelectric reservoir (Drin River)

Gazivoda Lake is shared between Kosovo and Serbia. The total area of the lake is 11.9 km², while Serbia has less than one fourth of it (2.7 km²).
Fierza Lake is shared between Kosovo and Albania. The total area of the lake is 73 km², while Kosovo only encompasses 2.46 km² of it.

Other lakes edit

Other, smaller lakes are to be found in Kosovo as well. These three lakes are located in the west and are all fed by tributaries of the South Morava:

Many smaller beautiful lakes are found on the mountains (Accursed Mountains and Šar Mountains). Leqinat lake and Little Liqenat Lake are found on Liqenat mountain, and Zemra Lake and Gjeravica Lake are found near the peak of Gjeravica.

References edit

^ ^a ^b Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
^ ^a ^b Istitue of Statistics, Albania

[geo-1] Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6

[Istitue_of_Statistics,_Albania-2] Istitue of Statistics, Albania

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