Zaovine Lake
| Zaovine Lake | |
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Panoramic view
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| Location | Tara Mountain, Zlatibor District |
| Coordinates | 43°52′N 19°24′E / 43.87°N 19.40°ECoordinates: 43°52′N 19°24′E / 43.87°N 19.40°E |
| Type | artificial |
| Primary inflows | Beli Rzav |
| Primary outflows | Beli Rzav |
| Basin countries | Serbia |
| Surface area | 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Water volume | 15 hm3 (12,000 acre·ft) |
| Surface elevation | 892 m (2,927 ft) |
| Settlements | Zaovine |
Zaovine Lake (Serbian language: Заовинско језеро or Zaovinsko jezero) is an artificial lake in central-west Serbia, on the Tara Mountain. It was created on the Beli Rzav river as a reservoir for the Bajina Bašta II reversible hydro power plant.
Zaovine Lake is located on the southern slopes of the Tara Mountain, in the direction of the Zvijezda mountain, which marks the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It spreads out between the villages of Zaovine to the south-west and Mitrovac, major tourist resort on Tara, to the north-east.
Zaovine Lake was created between 1981 and 83. The Beli Rzav river, one of tributaries of the Rzav river, was dammed with a 125-metre (410 ft) high dam and an artificial lake was created as the reservoir for the Bajina Bašta II reversible hydroelectrical power plant (630 MW). It is connected to the Drina river. Vežanje, the central hamlet of the village of Zaovine and which gave name to the lake, was flooded by the reservoir.
The lake covers an area of 15 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi) and has five branches. When the Drina river has a high water level or during the rainy seasons, water from the Drina is pumped into the Zaovine Lake through an 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) pipeline. During converse conditions, water runs back from the Zaovine Lake into the Drina, producing electricity by turning the turbines inside the pipeline. There are also five mini-lakes in the area (Spajića, Malo Zaovinsko, etc.) from which the water is also pumped into Zaovine Lake. The road connecting Zaovine and Mitrovac bounds the northern side of the lake. The shores of the lake are seeing increasing numbers of visitors, fishermen and campers as summer houses are being built.
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