page_title: Zaovine Lake
section_title: Characteristics
hierarchical_section_title: Zaovine Lake / Characteristics
caption_attribution_description: Српски (ћирилица)‎: Гавран, Заовине, Национални парк Тара Ово је фотографија заштићеног природног добра у Србији под шифром: НП03This is a a photo of a natural area in Serbia with ID: НП03 This image was uploaded as part of Wiki Loves Earth 2017. aragonés&#160;| العربية&#160;| asturianu&#160;| azərbaycanca&#160;| български&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| brezhoneg&#160;| català&#160;| čeština&#160;| Cymraeg&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| Ελληνικά&#160;| English&#160;| español&#160;| eesti&#160;| euskara&#160;| فارسی&#160;| français&#160;| galego&#160;| hrvatski&#160;| հայերեն&#160;| Bahasa Indonesia&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| ქართული&#160;| 한국어&#160;| latviešu&#160;| македонски&#160;| മലയാളം&#160;| मराठी&#160;| norsk bokmål&#160;| नेपाली&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| norsk&#160;| polski&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| shqip&#160;| српски / srpski&#160;| svenska&#160;| ไทย&#160;| українська&#160;| 中文&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Zaovine Lake is an artificial lake in central-west Serbia, on the Tara Mountain. It was created on the Beli Rzav river as a reservoir for the Bajina Bašta II reversible hydro power plant. The lake, with its five bays, have been nicknamed the "Jewel of Tara".
context_section_description: The lake covers an area of 15 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi) and has five branches, or bays. When the Drina river has a high water level or during the rainy seasons, water from the Drina is pumped into the Zaovine Lake through an 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) pipeline. During converse conditions, water runs back from the Zaovine Lake into the Drina, producing electricity by turning the turbines inside the pipeline. There are also five mini-lakes in the area (Spajića, Malo Zaovinsko, etc.) from which the water is also pumped into Zaovine Lake. At full capacity, stored water in the Zaovine alone allows for the Bajina Bašta hydro to operate for 20 days.
  The road connecting Zaovine and Mitrovac bounds the northern side of the lake. The shores of the lake are seeing increasing numbers of visitors, fishermen and campers as summer houses are being built.
  The maximum depth of the lake is 110 m (360 ft). The water is of such good quality, that it doesn't need the full industrial purification in order to be used for drinking. The lake surface is known for the striking, blue color.
  In the immediate proximity of the lake the photovoltaic solar power plant "Brana Lazići" was built. Location, at an altitude of 880 m (2,890 ft), was chosen in 2014 when the conceptual design was also drafted. First 110 kWh became operational in 2016, with the remaining 220 kWh added in 2017, bringing the total installed capacity to 330 kWh. The plant has 1.152 solar panels which cover 5,700 m² (61,000 sq ft).
  The lake is accessible from the directions of Kaluđerske Bare and Perućac, by the curvy roads through the surrounding conifer forests. The entire lake is encircled by the paved road, which connects all five bays. In the vicinity are also several scenic viewpoints, mountaineering paths, everglades and several preserved old wooden cabins (brvnare).
caption: Aerial view on Zaovine Lake
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "4000", "Image ImageLength": "3000", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image Make": "EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY", "Image Model": "KODAK EasyShare Z990 Digital Camera", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "480", "Image YResolution": "480", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Windows)", "Image DateTime": "2016:09:11 19:35:14", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Rating": "0", "Image ExifOffset": "344", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1130", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6313", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/1000", "EXIF FNumber": "4", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "125", "EXIF SensitivityType": "ISO Speed", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2016:09:03 21:12:27", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2016:09:03 21:12:27", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "10", "EXIF ApertureValue": "4", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "5", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "49/10", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "000", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "000", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "4000", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3000", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "1004", "EXIF ExposureIndex": "125", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "0", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "28", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "Low gain up", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "KVYNW146L0164"}