A list of lake

Lake

A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...

s in Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. In Slovenia, there are 321 bodies of water

Body of water

A body of water or waterbody is any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet. The term body of water most often refers to large accumulations of water, such as oceans, seas, and lakes, but it may also include smaller pools of water such as ponds, puddles or...

 classified as lakes, which includes intermittent lakes and artificial reservoir

Reservoir

A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...

s. Most of the lakes in the country have glacial origin and many are intermittent because of the Karst surface

Karst topography

Karst topography is a geologic formation shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite, but has also been documented for weathering resistant rocks like quartzite given the right conditions.Due to subterranean drainage, there...

. The largest glacial lakes are Lake Bled

Lake Bled

Lake Bled is a glacial lake in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a popular tourist destination.-Geography and history:...

 (147 ha

Acre

The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...

) and Lake Bohinj

Lake Bohinj

Lake Bohinj is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. Lake Bohinj is located in the Bohinj municipality in the north-west of the country, and is inside Triglav National Park.-Description:Lake Bohinj is 4.2 km long and 1 km at its maximum width...

 (318 ha), and the largest intermittent lake is Lake Cerknica

Lake Cerknica

Lake Cerknica is an intermittent lake near Cerknica in Inner Carniola, a region of Slovenia. When full, it is the largest lake in the country. It lies in the southern part of the Cerknica Polje...

 (2500 ha when completely filled).

Jezero is the Slovene word for lake.

B

• Black Lake 
• Lake Blaguš 
• Lake Bled
  Lake Bled
  Lake Bled is a glacial lake in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a popular tourist destination.-Geography and history:...
  
   
• Lake Bohinj
  Lake Bohinj
  Lake Bohinj is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. Lake Bohinj is located in the Bohinj municipality in the north-west of the country, and is inside Triglav National Park.-Description:Lake Bohinj is 4.2 km long and 1 km at its maximum width...
  
   
• Lake Bukovnica 

D

• Wild Lake
  Wild Lake
  The Wild Lake or Savage Lake is a lake near Idrija in Slovenia. The lake is also a karst spring and water flows from under the ground and through a steeply inclined tunnel. The tunnel has been explored to a depth of 160 metres. It is the source of Jezernica, a tributary of Idrijca and, at 55...
  
   
• Double Lake 
• Lake Družmir 

K

• Lake Komarnik 
• Lake Kreda
  Lake Kreda
  Lake Kreda is a man-made lake in the Radovna Valley in northwestern Slovenia. The lake got its name from the chalk that was mined in the area until 1985. The digging also created a basin, which gradually filled with water and the lake appeared...
  
   
• Lake Krn 

L

• Lake Ledava 
• Lakes Lovrenc 

P

• Lake Palčje
  Lake Palčje
  Lake Palčje is an intermittent lake in the Upper Pivka Basin north of the settlement Palčje in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It fills an oval-shaped karst depression approximately 1.5 km long and 0.5 km wide. Its bottom is relatively level at between 543 and 557 m above the sea, but the...
  
   
• Lake Petelinje 
• Lake Planšar 
• Lake Ptuj
  Lake Ptuj
  Lake Ptuj is an artificial lake on the river Drava to the south east of the town of Ptuj in eastern Slovenia. It is the largest artificial lake in Slovenia and was created in 1978 when a dam for the Formin hydroelectric power plant was built on the Drava...
  
   

Š

• Lake Šalek 
• Lake Šmartno 

Z

• Lake Zbilje 
• Lake Žovnek