Region
Western Macedonia is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, in the north-west of the country. It is divided into the regional units Florina, Grevena, Kastoria and Kozani.
The lakes include Greek Prespa, Kastoria, Polyfytos, one of the largest artificial lakes in Greece, and Vegoritida with its neighbours Petron, Chimaditida and Zazari. Pindus and Prespa national parks lie here.
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Photo: Albinfo · CC BY-SA 3.0Albania (Southeastern Albania) · Greece (Western Macedonia) · North Macedonia (Pelagonia)
Lake Prespa is not one lake but two, Great Prespa and Little Prespa, set high in the mountains at the point where North Macedonia, Albania and Greece meet. They are the highest tectonic lakes in the Balkans. The area holds…
11 lakes
Photo: Albinfo · CC BY-SA 3.0Albania (Southeastern Albania) · Greece (Western Macedonia) · North Macedonia (Pelagonia)
Tectonic · natural
Photo: Christaras A · CC BY 3.0Greece · Western Macedonia
Photo: w:Подпоручикъ · CC BY-SA 3.0Greece · Central Macedonia · Western Macedonia
Tectonic · natural
Photo: Todor Georgiev · CC BY-SA 3.0Albania (Southeastern Albania) · Greece (Western Macedonia)
Tectonic · natural
Photo: Pvasiliadis · CC BY-SA 3.0Greece · Western Macedonia
Tectonic · natural
Photo: HAMPOS · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Christidis Vasilis · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece · Western Macedonia
Photo: Despina Michailidou · CC BY-SA 4.0Greece · Central Macedonia · Western Macedonia
Reservoir · artificial
Floating islands, a tortoise island, a church standing in the water, a lake that turns into a football pitch and remote Prokletije lakes: seven off-the-beaten-path lake stops in the Balkans.
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