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Natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina take 67.5 square kilometres (26.1 sq mi), which is a little more than 0.12% of the total surface area ofBosnia and Herzegovina.Buško Blato is the largest lake, its size being 56.7 km².Blidinje lake is the largest natural mountain lake in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with surface area varying between 2.5 and 6 square kilometres (0.97 and 2.32 sq mi), andBuško Blato lake with its size of 56.7 square kilometres (21.9 sq mi) is the biggest artificial accumulation in Bosnia and Herzegovina; this lake was made from accumulation of water from the Buško Blatomarshland, earlier naturalslough andmorass system.^[1] The total size of all lakes is 1/10 as large as the world average. Because of this, natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina are not economically important.

All the natural lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina are younger than 9000 years, unlike the other European lakes. This was concluded after the explorations of absolute age of the lake silt. It was written in older literature that the mountain lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina were made because ofglacial movements, and the lower altitude lakes ofriver flows in combination withglaciations, but many other facts were unattended. In the mountain parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina animal husbandry had a crucial impact on lakes. Every ranch had its own lake which served as a cattle watering-place. If there were no natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then theartificial lakes were made, for exampleJugovo Lake atZelengora mountain.

Unlike the mountain lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Plivsko Lake was made of a natural chemicalprecipitate ofcarbonate minerals and formingtravertinesediment in the process. The subsistence of these lakes is highly threatened byurbanisation, which began in the 1960s.

Hutovo Blato was made in the valley of theNeretva river and its existence depends on theenergy andmeliorative attempts in the underflow ofNeretva river.Ichthyological research of natural lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina began in 1924 and that research determined goodnatural andbiological opportunities for thefish farming.

• * Artificial/Natural -Abandoned surface mineshaft subsequently flooded with underground wells;
• * Natural/Artificial -Of natural origin with a subsequent works on regulating the quantity of water and/or increasing depth and/or arranging the environment.

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