List of lakes of Kosovo

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