Blidinje Lake

The largest alpine lake of its kind in the nation, Blidinje Lake is situated in Blidinje Nature Park on the karstic Blidinje plateau in Bosnia and Herzegovina, between Jablanica, Tomislavgrad, and Posuje. The lake is the park's and Bosnia and Herzegovina's entire Dinaric Alps karst's most significant hydrogeological feature.

It is 2.5 kilometers long and 2.1 kilometers wide, situated at an altitude of 1,185 meters above sea level. The lake's maximum depth is only 4.5 meters, and its average depth is only 1 meter. The lake has a range of 2.5 to 6 km2 in size, and its average depth is 1.9 m.

Blidinje Lake is a direct result of glacial retreat, however documentation from the Pokleani parochial office and modern study into the karst hydrology of the plateau claim that the lake is also a result of human intervention and activity. These documents claim that the lake is man-made and was developed around the end of the 19th century. Residents and cow breeders filled sinkholes with mud and branches to prevent water from seeping underground, keeping the water that is lost through the underground pathway. Consequently, the lake developed.

Location: Tomislavgrad/Posušje