Župica Lake (Serbian: Жупица језеро, romanized: Župica jezero) is an artificial lake of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Unac River. The Unac River rises beneath Šator mountain, flows through the municipality of Drvar and finally meets Una River in Martin Brod. It's dammed to form small Preodačko Lake and a few kilometers downstream larger Župica Lake (a.k.a. Prekajsko Lake), before it reach town of Drvar in the municipality of Drvar.
| Župica Lake | |
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  Župica Lake | |
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| Location | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 44°18′1.008″N 16°31′9.984″E / 44.30028000°N 16.51944000°E |
| Type | Artificial lake |
| Etymology | Župica village |
| Primary inflows | Unac River |
| Primary outflows | Unac River |
| Catchment area | Black Sea |
| Built | after 1950 |
| Water volume | 127,777 square metres (1,375,380 sq ft) |
The lake is located upstream from Drvar.[1] Župica Dam is 24.75 metres high, with a curtain length of 692 metres and a surface volume of 127,777 square metres.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Water Management Strategy". Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Beynen, Philip E Van (29 July 2011). Karst Management. Springer. p. 62. ISBN 978-94-007-1206-5. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
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