Savsko jezero Lake Sava Lake Belgrade Serbia The

Savsko jezero Lake (Sava Lake) Belgrade, Serbia

• The Sava Lake is artificial lake, reservoir near the center of Belgrade • Created in 1967 from the right arm of the River Sava with the building of two dams near the northern and southern tips of the small river island Ada Ciganlija Sa ak va L e

• Lakeshore forest mainly of: willow (Salix alba L. ) white poplar (Populus alba L. ) common oak (Quercus robur L. )

• The Savsko jezero Lake N 44° 47’ 02. 28”, E 20° 23’ 25. 64” • Reservoir is about 4. 2 km long and widest part of the lake is 200 m, average depth is 4. 5 m (4 -6 m) and maximum recorded depth is 12 m. • Covers area of 0. 8 km 2 • One of the lowest areas of Belgrade - 78 m a. s. l

• Water temperature ranges from 28°C during summer to frozen surfaces winter • Water transparency from extraordinary transparent in spring (4 - 7 m) drops in July to 1. 2 - 0. 8 m • Alkaline water (p. H 8. 2 to 8. 72)

• Well developed zone of submerged plants, dominant Myriophyllum spicatum L.

• Shoreline is gritty (artificially created beach) • Bottom is muddy - sandy, muddy and clay

• Main body of the lake is connected to the smaller body of water on the southwest (“Taložnik”) • Artificial flow of water through the lake ry tua es icki r a k Cu ak L a v Sa d pon g n ik” ttli Se aložn “T e

• Recreational and tourism activities, also having significant role in water supply • Highly exposed to multiple stressors, during the summer season more than 100, 000 people per day visit the reservoir.

References • Janković, M. M. , Janković, I. M. (1987). Prilog poznavanju i rešavanju problema eutrofizacije i zarašćivanja Savskog jezera (Ada Ciganlija) kod Beograda, Glasnik instituta za botaniku i botaničke bašte Univerziteta u Beogradu, Tom XVI, 1 -42. • Blaženčić, J. (1995). Floristic characteristics of the macrophytic vegetation in Lake Savsko near Belgrade (Serbia, Yugoslavia) (in serbian). Glas. Inst. za bot. i bot. bašte, Tom XXIX, 167 -173. • Stevanović, V. , Blaženčić, J. , Šinžar-Sekulić, J. , Martinović-Vitanović, V. , Kalafatić, V. (2006). Ecological study of eutrophication control and production of macrophytes in the lake at Ada Ciganlija in order to manage the water quality (in serbian). Biološki fakultet. Univerzitet u Beogradu. pp. 62. • Institut za vodoprivredu „Jaroslav Černi” (1997). Limnological study the Sava Lake (in serbian: Limnološka studija Savskog jezera). 170 pp. Beograd