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Central Croatia is the part of the country between Slavonia in the east, the Adriatic in the west and Dalmatia in the south. It is not an official region, and it has no fixed borders.

The lakes include the Drava reservoirs Dubrava, Varaždin and Ormož, lakes made by gravel extraction such as Jarun in Zagreb, Čiče and Šoderica, the Rakitje fishing lakes west of Zagreb, and Lake Trakošćan below its castle.

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Lake Trakošćan

Lake Trakošćan is an artificial lake in the north-west of the Hrvatsko Zagorje, below Trakošćan Castle, the old seat of the Drašković family. A carefully shaped landscape park of meadows, flowers and shrubs and a protected forest surround it. The…

0.19 square kilometresarea
246 metreselevation
2.5 metresmax. depth
HikingPhotography
Photo: tomo109 · CC BY 3.0

Croatia · Central Croatia

Lake Varaždin

Reservoir · artificial

10.1 square kilometresarea
158 metreselevation
FishingSwimming
Photo: Croq · CC BY-SA 3.0

Croatia · Central Croatia

Šoderica

Quarry or pit lake · artificial

1.64 square kilometresarea
128 metreselevation
20 metresmax. depth

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Photo: tomo109 · CC BY 3.0

Croatia · Central Croatia

Lake Varaždin

Reservoir · artificial

10.1 square kilometresarea
158 metreselevation
FishingSwimming
Photo: Croq · CC BY-SA 3.0

Croatia · Central Croatia

Šoderica

Quarry or pit lake · artificial

1.64 square kilometresarea
128 metreselevation
20 metresmax. depth

Croatia · Central Croatia

Čiče

Quarry or pit lake · artificial

0.98 square kilometresarea
97 metreselevation

Croatia · Central Croatia

Rakitje

Quarry or pit lake · artificial

2.2 square kilometresarea
Fishing

Croatia · Central Croatia

Popovac

Reservoir · artificial

0.75 square kilometresarea
124 metreselevation

Croatia · Central Croatia

Jezero Banova Jaruga

Reservoir · artificial

2.73 square kilometresarea

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