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:
LakeArea Altit. Depth TypeCharacteristics
1.Gazivoda Lake9.2693105380artificialindustrial reservoir
2.Radoniq Lake5.0645530113artificialindustrial reservoir
3.Lake Batllava3.076003540artificialindustrial reservoir
4.Badovc Lake1.72926artificialindustrial reservoir
5.Fierza Reservoir2.46295128artificialhydroelectric reservoir
6.Mitrovica Lake1.825064artificial

  • 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.
  • 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

Other, smaller lakes are to be found in Kosovo as well. These four 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. Leqinat lake and Little Liqenat Lake are found on Liqenat mountain, Zemra Lake and Gjeravica Lake are found near the peak of Gjeravica and Guri i Kuq Lake in the Rugova canyon, on the Guri i Kuq peak.
Konjushka's Lake is the highest lake in the Šar Mountains.