Gazivoda lake

Gazivoda lake
Dam wall of the lake northwest of Zubin Potok
Geographical location	Kosovo , Serbia
Tributaries	Ibar
Drain	Ibar
Location close to the shore	Novi Pazar , Mitrovica
Data
Coordinates	42 ° 57 '42 "  N , 20 ° 34' 1"  E Coordinates: 42 ° 57 '42 "  N , 20 ° 34' 1"  E
Altitude above sea level	694  m
surface	11.9 km²
Maximum depth	105 m

The Gazivoda Lake ( Serbian Jezero Gazivode Jезеро Газиводe , Albanian  Liqeni i Gazivodës or Liqeni i Ujëmanit ) is a reservoir in the course of the river Ibar . The lake takes its name from the town of Gazivode.

The Gazivoda lake near Banje

It stretches between Serbia , in the municipality of Tutin, and Kosovo , in the municipality of Zubin Potok . Its area is 11.9 km². It lies at an altitude of 694  m and is up to 105 meters deep. The reservoir has an average volume of 370 million m³. The lake is located between the Mokra Gora ridge (part of the Prokletije Mountains) in the south and the Rogozna in the north.

The dam was built between 1973 and 1977 by the Belgrade-based company Hidrotehnika-Hidroenergetika. The dam has a height of 108 meters and a width of 490 meters and consists of 100,000 m³ of concrete.

230 residents had to be relocated before construction began.

The national road M-22.3 ( Novi Pazar - Mitrovica ) runs along the north bank . There are several villages on the lake shore, including Ribariće , Banje and Rezala . At Brnjak , in the immediate vicinity of the border crossing , there is a bridge over the lake.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GAZIVODE 1973–1977 ( English ) Hidrotehnika-Hidroenergetika ad. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
2. ↑ Bogumil Terminski: Development - Induced Displacement and Resettlement . Ibidem-Verlag Stuttgart, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8382-6723-4 , page 192