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Zvornik Lake (Serbian: Зворничко језеро, Bosnian: Zvorničko jezero) is an artificial lake located on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It was created after construction of a hydroelectric power station in 1954 on the Drina river.




Tourism


There is a large number of cottages and tourist catering facilities around the lake. The lake is suitable for summer vacations, sport and recreational activities on the water and fishing. Zvornik Lake is also suitable for rafting, sailing and swimming.




Wildlife


The lake is known for the large wels catfishes. It is believed that the depths of the lake are inhabited by the gigantic catfishes, up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long with a weight of over 100 kg (220 lb). Such large specimens have not been caught yet and in July 2017 divers were employed to explore part of the lake. The waters of the lake are murky and at the depths of 5 to 6 m (16 to 20 ft), the visibility is zero. The divers reached 15 m (49 ft), but did not discover such large fishes, though a few days before the dive, a specimen 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) long which weighed 37 kg (82 lb) was caught near the mouth of the Boranja River. Since 1998, an annual catfish hunt festivity Somovijada, has been held. The heaviest fish caught in the lake measured 87 kg (192 lb).




See also


List of lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
List of lakes in Serbia




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Genosida Bosnia
• Zvornik Lake
• Zvornik
• Drina
• List of lakes of Serbia
• Amajić
• Environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Battle of Zvornik
• List of lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sakar, Mali Zvornik