Debar Lake
title: "Debar Lake" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lakes-of-north-macedonia", "reservoirs-in-europe", "drainage-basins-of-the-adriatic-sea"] topic_path: "general/lakes-of-north-macedonia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debar_Lake" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Debar Lake |
| image | Дебарско Езеро 4.jpg |
| caption | Airview of the lake |
| location | North Macedonia |
| coordinates | |
| type | artificial lake |
| catchment | |
| date-built | |
| date-flooded | |
| length | |
| width | |
| area | 13.2 km2 |
| depth | |
| max-depth | 92 m |
| volume | |
| shore | |
| elevation | 580 m |
| temperature_high | |
| temperature_low | |
| pushpin_map | North Macedonia |
| pushpin_map_alt | Location of the artificial lake in North Macedonia. |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 11 |
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Debar Lake (; ) is an artificial lake in the western portion of North Macedonia near the town of Debar after which it is named. A dam at Špilje blocks the Black Drin, the second longest river in the country.
Lake Debar has a surface area of 13.2 km2 and is among the largest lakes in North Macedonia. It is 92 m deep and sits at an altitude of 580 metres above the Adriatic. It was created between 1966 and 1968, after the existing dam at Špilje was raised to 102 m. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Debar_Lake_2013_(1).JPG" caption="Southern outlet of the lake"] ::
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Gallery
File:Shpilje Hydro Power Plant.jpg|View of the lake from near the dam, during the algal bloom (2008) File:Debarsko ezero.jpg|Debar and the lake (with dam at lower right), seen from the west. File:Debar Lake 2013 (4).JPG|View towards Debar File:Debar Lake 2013 (3).JPG|Sparse growth on the shore of the lake
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