Zavoj Lake

General data

Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Visocica -> Temstica -> Nisava -> South Morava -> Great Morava -> Danube -> Black sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Mountain
Continents: Europe
Countries: Serbia

Description

Zavoj Lake is an artificial lake in eastern Serbia, on the Visočica River. On February 25, 1963, a huge landslide from the sunny side of the Stara Planina rushed into the valley of the Visočica River and dammed a river creating a natural earth dam that was 500 meters long and 50 meters high. A reservoir was created behind the dam, flooding the village of Zavoj. This original natural lake was dried, the natural dam was consolidated and the artificial lake was recreated, this time as a reservoir for the hydroelectric power plant Pirot.

Streams

Gostushka stream

Belska reka

Perciformes - Perches

European perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)

Cypriniformes - Carps

Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio)

Chub (Squalius cephalus)

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Tench (Tinca tinca)

Bream (Abramis brama)

Bleak (Alburnus alburnus)

Roach (Rutilus rutilus)

Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Esociformes - Pikes

Northern pike (Esox lucius)

Siluriformes - Catfishes

Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Catches