Mavrovo Lake

General data

Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Radika -> Black Drim -> Drin -> Bojana -> Adriatic Sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Mountain
Continents: Europe
Countries: North Macedonia

Description

Mavrovo Lake s situated in the Mavrovo region, in the Mavrovo and Rostuša municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia, less than 100 km from Skopje. It is an important tourist destination, being frequented for recreational activities such as swimming, boating and trout fishing during the summer; a distinctive building in the lake is the half-submerged church of Saint Nicholas. Since 1952 it is part of the Mavrovo National Park. With its surface of 13.7 km2 (3,400 acres), is one of the most extensive artificial lakes of the country. The lake is surrounded by the Šar Mountains on the North and the Bistra Mountains on the South, both exceeding heights of 2000 m.

Mavrovo Lake

General data

Description

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica)

Cypriniformes - Carps

Drim chub (Squalius platyceps)

Catches