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'''Debar Lake''' ({{langx|mk|Дебарско Езеро |translit=Debarsko Ezero}}; {{langx|sq|Liqeni i Dibrës}}) is an artificial lake in the western portion of North Macedonia near the town of Debar after which it is named.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exploringmacedonia.com/debar-lake-spilje.nspx|title=Debar Lake Spilje|publisher=}}</ref> A dam at Špilje blocks the Black Drin, the second longest river in the country.
Lake Debar has a surface area of {{convert|13.2|km2|ha}} and is among the largest lakes in North Macedonia. It is {{convert|92|m|ft}} 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 {{convert|102|m|ft}}. thumb|250px|left|Southern outlet of the lake ==References== {{reflist}}
== Bibliography== * {{Cite book|author=Boris Nikodinovski |title=Osnovi na voena geografija na Republika Makedonija |series=Edicija učebnici |year=2000 |place=Skopje |publisher=Niko Kompjuteri}}
== Gallery== <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 </gallery> Category:Lakes of North Macedonia Category:Reservoirs in Europe Category:Drainage basins of the Adriatic Sea