List of lakes in Montenegro
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This is a list of Montenegrin
lakes.
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
lakes.
- Gornje Malo Blato
- Lake Bileća (Bilećko jezero) - Only partly in Montenegro, with most of the lake in Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
. - Lake Biograd (Biogradsko jezero)
- Crno LakeCrno LakeBlack Lake is a lake in Žabljak municipality, in northern Montenegro.It is a glacial lake, located on the Mount Durmitor, on an altitude of 1,416 m. It is 3 km away from the town of Žabljak....
(Crno jezero) - Glacial lakeGlacial lakeA glacial lake is a lake with origins in a melted glacier. Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,000 years ago, glaciers began to retreat. A retreating glacier often left behind large deposits of ice in hollows between drumlins or hills. As the ice age ended, these melted to create...
near ŽabljakŽabljakŽabljak is a small town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 1,937.Žabljak is the seat of the municipality...
on DurmitorDurmitorDurmitor is a massif and the name of a national park in North Western Montenegro. It reaches a height of 2,522 m .The massif is bordered by Tara River Canyon on the North, Piva River Canyon on the West, and by Komarnica River Canyon on the South. To the East, Durmitor is open to a vast ...
. - Lake Hrid (Hridsko jezero)
- Lake Kapetan (Kapetanovo jezero) - Glacial lake, 20 km east of NikšićNikšićNikšić is a city in Montenegro . In 2003 the city had a total population about 75,000.Nikšić is located in Nikšić plain, at the foot of Mount Trebjesa. It is the center of the municipality , which is the largest in Montenegro by area...
. - Lake Krupac (Krupačko jezero) - Artificial lake near Nikšić.
- Lake Liverovići (Jezero Liverovići) - Artificial lake near Nikšić.
- Lake Manito (Manito jezero) - Glacial lake, 20 km east of Nikšić, near Lake Kapetan and smaller of two.
- Lake Pešići (Pešića jezero)
- Lake Piva (Pivsko jezero) - Biggest artificial lake in Montenegro.
- Lake PlavLake PlavLake Plav is a lake in Plav municipality, in northeastern Montenegro.It is a glacial lake located between the Prokletije and Visitor mountain ranges at an altitude of 906 m above sea level, and extends north-south for some 2,160 m...
(Plavsko jezero) - Glacial lake, near PlavPlavPlav Plav Plav (Montenegrin, (Albanian: Plav) is a town in north-eastern Montenegro. It has a population of 3,615 (2003 census).Plav is the centre of the municipality (population of 13,805),-Geography:...
, between ProkletijeProkletijeProkletije or Albanian Alps is a mountain range in the Balkans that extends from northern Albania, to southwestern Serbia and eastern Montenegro. Its highest point, Jezercë in Albania at , is the tallest peak in the entire Dinaric Alps...
and VisitorVisitorA Visitor, in United Kingdom law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution , who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution...
. - Lake Rikavac (Rikavačko jezero)
- Lake Skadar (Skadarsko jezero/Liqeni i Shkodres) - 2/3 in Montenegro, rest of it in AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
. - Lake Slano (Slano jezero) - Artificial lake near Nikšić.
- Lake Sušica (Sušičko jezero)
- Lake Šas (Šasko jezero/Liqeni i Shasit)
- Lake Šiš (Šiško jezero)
- Lake Trnovac (Trnovačko jezero)
- Lake Veliko (Veliko jezero)
- Lake Visitor (Visitorsko jezero)
- Lake Vrag (Vražje jezero) - Glacial lake near Žabljak.
- Lake Zminica (Zminičko jezero) - Glacial lake near Žabljak.
- Lake Zogaj (Zogajsko jezero/Liqeni i Zogajve) - Crastic lake near Ulcinj.
See also
- Geography of MontenegroGeography of MontenegroMontenegro is a small, mountainous state in south-west Balkans. Montenegro borders Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Albania and the Adriatic Sea...