Baćina, Dalmatia, Croatia

Description:

The town of Baćina is located in the southern part of Croatia in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. This is an area 2.5 kilometres west of the city of Ploce, situated along the slopes of the Biokovo mountain range and is exactly at the half-way point between Split and Dubrovnik on the Adriatic Highway. The Bacinska lakes are located near the town of Bacina. This is a series of six connected and one separate lake: Ocusa, Crnisevo, Podgora, Sladinac, Vrbnik, Sipak and Plitko lakes. Their depths range from 5 to 35 metres. They are freshwater lakes and their source is directly connected to the sea. The lakes are the result of a cryptodepression. A 2 kilometre tunnel was dug from the Vrgorac fields to the Bacinska lakes in order to drain the Vrgorac and Stasevac fields from excess water in order to prevent flooding.

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