| Zvornik Lake | |||||||||||||
| Location: | Mali Zvornik, Mačva District | ||||||||||||
| Coords: | 44.364°N 19.119°W | ||||||||||||
| Type: | reservoir | ||||||||||||
| Basin Countries: | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia | ||||||||||||
| Length: | 25km (16miles) | ||||||||||||
| Width: | 3km (02miles) | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 8.1km2 | ||||||||||||
| Depth: | 8m (26feet) | ||||||||||||
| Max-Depth: | 39m (128feet) | ||||||||||||
| Volume: | 90hm3 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 140m (460feet) | ||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of the artificial lake in Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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 3m (10feet) long with a weight of over 100kg (200lb). 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 5mto6mm (16feetto20feetm), the visibility is zero. The divers reached 15m (49feet), but did not discover such large fishes, though a few days before the dive, a specimen 1.86m (06.1feet) long which weighed 37kg (82lb) 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 87kg (192lb).