Gazivoda Lake
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Gazivoda Lake is an artificial lake in North Kosovo
, Serbia
. It is the largest lake in Kosovo. Gazivoda Lake has an area of 11.9 km² (4.6 sq mi), of which 9.2 km² (3.6 sq mi) belong to Kosovo and 2.7 km² (1 sq mi) belong to Central Serbia
. The lake is formed by the damming of the Ibar River
, which flows into the lake.
North Kosovo
North or Northern Kosovo refers to a region in the northern part of Kosovo with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the disputed territory, which has an ethnic Albanian majority. Ibarian Kolashin , a toponym that pre-dates the political partition, is...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is the largest lake in Kosovo. Gazivoda Lake has an area of 11.9 km² (4.6 sq mi), of which 9.2 km² (3.6 sq mi) belong to Kosovo and 2.7 km² (1 sq mi) belong to Central Serbia
Central Serbia
Central Serbia , also referred to as Serbia proper , was the region of Serbia from 1945 to 2009. It included central parts of Serbia outside of the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. The region of Central Serbia was not an administrative division of Serbia as such; it was under the...
. The lake is formed by the damming of the Ibar River
Ibar River
The Ibar is a river that flows through eastern Montenegro and Serbia, with a total length of . The river begins in the Hajla mountain, eastern Montenegro, passes through Kosovo and flows into the West Morava river, Central Serbia, near Kraljevo....
, which flows into the lake.