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Lake Ribnica (Serbian: Рибничко језеро, romanized: Ribničko jezero) is a lake in Serbia.

Lake Ribnica
Lake Ribnica
Lake Ribnica
Location	Zlatibor, Central Serbia, Serbia
Coordinates	43°40′56″N 19°40′37″E
Type	Reservoir
Native name	Рибничко језеро (Serbian) Ribničko jezero (Serbian)
Primary outflows	Crni Rzav
Surface area	10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi)

Geography

Lake Ribnica is located in the Zlatibor mountains, in the west of Central Serbia an in the municipality of Cajetina. It is found 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the town of Kraljeve Vode, also known as Zlatibor, the tourist centre of the mountain. It is located on the route which runs to Mount Tornik and the monastery of Uvac. Its geographic coordinates are 43°40′56″N 19°40′37″E.[1] It covers around 10 kilometres (6.21 mi).[2]

Characteristics

Lake Ribnica is an artificial lake, built in 1971 due to the construction of a dam on the Crni Rzav, the "Black Rzav", one of the arms of the Rzav in Zlatibor ; the dam provides food and drinking water for the towns of Kralje Vode (Zlatibor) and Čajetina.[1] The lake is abundant in fish, particularly gudgeon, trout, tench and silurus.[2]

See also

• List of lakes in Serbia

References

На других языках

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- [en] Ribnica Lake

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[fr] Lac de Ribnica

Le lac de Ribnica (en serbe cyrillique : Рибничко језеро, et en serbe latin : Ribničko jezero) est un lac de Serbie.

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