Lake Vrutak is artificial reservoir on the
Trebišnjica
The Trebišnjica ( sr-cyrl, Требишњица) is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the right tributary of the Neretva. Before it was utilized for hydro exploitation via various hydrotechnical interventions and systems with different purp ...
river in
Popovo Polje
Popovo Polje ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Popovo polje, Попово поље, , is a '' polje'' (karstic field) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in a southernmost region of the country, near the Adriatic coast. Its size is .
Popovo polje ...
, near
Hutovo
Hutovo is a village in the municipality of Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it b ...
village,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
. The lake serves as compensation and storage basin for
Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina".
Hydropower and irrigation system
Lake Vrutak is the last and smallest of three artificial reservoirs in hydroelectric power plant system
Trebišnjica
The Trebišnjica ( sr-cyrl, Требишњица) is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the right tributary of the Neretva. Before it was utilized for hydro exploitation via various hydrotechnical interventions and systems with different purp ...
- HES "Donji Horizonti", and serves as compensation basin for
Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina". Other two being
Bilećko Lake, the first and largest, and flow-regulation (compensation) basin
Trebinjsko Lake just upstream of
Trebinje
Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...
.
''(pdf)''; Hidroenergetski sistem sliva Neretva-Trebišnjics: CHE "Čapljina" - JP "EP HZHB" ''(Bosanski/Hrvatski/Srpski)''
See also
* Svitavsko Lake
*Hutovo Blato
Hutovo Blato is a nature reserve and bird reserve
A bird reserve (also called ornithological reserve) is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becom ...
*Popovo Polje
Popovo Polje ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Popovo polje, Попово поље, , is a '' polje'' (karstic field) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in a southernmost region of the country, near the Adriatic coast. Its size is .
Popovo polje ...
*Trebišnjica
The Trebišnjica ( sr-cyrl, Требишњица) is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the right tributary of the Neretva. Before it was utilized for hydro exploitation via various hydrotechnical interventions and systems with different purp ...
*Neretva
The Neretva (, sr-Cyrl, Неретва), also known as Narenta, is one of the largest rivers of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. Four Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power plants with Dam, large dams (higher than 15 metres) provide flood ...
* Čapljina Hydroelectric Power Station
*List of lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Natural lakes in Bosnia and Herzegovina take , which is a little more than 0.12% of the total surface area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Buško Blato is the largest lake, its size being 56.7 km2. Blidinje lake is the largest natural mountain ...
References
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Vrutak
Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Popovo Polje
Trebišnjica
Lower Horizons Hydroelectric Power Stations System
Trebišnjica river damming and regulation controversy