субота, 4. јун 2016.

Perućac lake

Perućac lake is an artificial lake in the municipality of Srebrenica, Republic of Serbian, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the area of municipality of Bajina Bašta, Serbia. The lake was created by damming the river Drina, for the purposes of hydroelectric power plant Bajina Bašta. Lake is fed with water from the river Drina. Its area is about 12.4 square kilometers, 340 million cubic meters of water volume and maximum depth is 60 meters. The lake is long about 54 kilometers, minimum width is 150 meters and maximum is 1000 meters. Perućac lake is located at 290 meters above sea level.



Middle of the lake is the border between the Republic of Serbian, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republic of Serbia. The lake is located in a natural bend in the canyon of the Drina River from Bajina Bašta and Višegrad, and wraps Tara mountain of Tara National Park.


This artificial lake was created at the time of Yugoslavia after construction of dams for hydroelectric purposes. The lake is named after the settlement of Perućac, municipalities Bajina Bašta, Zlatibor county, Republic of Serbia.

Near the lake there is a medieval necropolis of stelae "Mramorje", which is under protection of Republic of Serbia, as a cultural monument of exceptional importance.



The lake is perfect for fishing and swimming. Perućac lake is the habitat of the juvenile barbel, chub, carp, huchen, catfish and linjka. Every year the World Cup is held in fishing of huchen. Winners catches instances of up to 5 kg,

For several years during the month of July, there is held "Drina Regatta", from Perućac to Rogačice (25 km). The number of participants is rising from year to year, in 2010 it reached 10 thousand participants.


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