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Lake Ohrid is one of the oldest lakes in the world, and with a maximum depth of 288 metres (945 ft) and mean depth of 155 m (509 ft), it is the deepest lake in the Balkans. It covers an area of 358 square kilometres (138 sq mi) and contains an estimated 55.49 cubic kilometres (45 million acre-feet ) of water.
To ensure successful operation, it was necessary to create a water reservoir. In 1952, the filling of the largest artificial lake in Macedonia, Lake Mavrovo, began. The waters flowing into the lake are collected from an area of over 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) from the mountain massifs of Korab and Šar Mountains. The water is conveyed ...
Kozjak Hydro Power Plant is a large hydroelectric power plant on the river Treska which creates an artificial lake Kozjak, the largest in North Macedonia. The impounded reservoir is stretched along municipalities of Želino, Brvenica and Makedonski Brod. The constructed Kozjak Dam is the tallest in the country at 130 m (430 ft).
Aral Sea, formerly the third largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km 2 (26,300 sq mi) Lake Chad, formerly the eleventh largest lake in the world, with an area of 26,000 km 2 (10,000 sq mi) Lake Urmia, formerly with an area of 5,200 km 2 (2,000 sq mi), but down to a tenth that size in 2017. It has since increased in area under a ...
Al fresco wine on sun-drenched, waterside terraces; boat rides and an Unesco-listed Old Town: Lake Ohrid has everything you’d want from a chic European break at a fraction of the cost, finds ...
Mavrovo Lake (Macedonian: Мавровско Езеро, romanized: Mavrovsko ezero) is situated in the Mavrovo region, in the Mavrovo and Rostuša municipality, Gostivar in the Republic of North Macedonia, less than 100 km from Skopje. It is an important tourist destination, being frequented for recreational activities such as swimming ...
Pages in category "Lakes of North Macedonia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Berovo Lake;
Largest lake in Italy 37 Mjøsa Norway: 365 141: Largest lake in Norway Pyhäselkä Finland: 361 139: Part of Saimaa 38 Ohrid: Охридско Езеро (Ohridsko Ezero), Liqeni i Ohrit North Macedonia/ Albania: 358 138: Largest lake in North Macedonia 39 Lacha: Ла́ча, Ла́че Russia: 356 137: 40 Siljan Sweden: 354 137