List of lakes of Slovenia

This is a list of lakes in Slovenia. In Slovenia, there are 321 bodies of water classified as lakes, which includes intermittent lakes and artificial reservoirs. Most of the lakes in the country have glacial origin and many are intermittent because of the Karst surface. The largest glacial lakes are Lake Bled (147 ha) and Lake Bohinj (318 ha), and the largest intermittent lake is Lake Cerknica (2500 ha when completely filled). The deepest lake is the Wild Lake, reaching a depth of over 160 metres (520 ft), followed by Lake Družmir with the maximum depth of 87 metres (285 ft).

Lake Bled
Lake Bohinj
Lake Cerknica
Lake Gradišče

Jezero is the Slovene word for lake.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lane, Christine S.; Andrič, Maja; Cullen, Victoria L.; Blockley, Simon P.E. (2011). "The occurrence of distal Icelandic and Italian tephra in the Lateglacial of Lake Bled, Slovenia". Quaternary Science Reviews. 30 (9–10): 1013–1018. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.02.014.

Further reading

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  • Firbas P. (2001). Vsa slovenska jezera: Leksikon slovenskih stoječih voda. Ljubljana: DZS. 368 pp. ISBN 86-341-2332-4 (in Slovene)