Plivska Lakes
At the village of Jezero the Pliva flows into the larger of two lakes, Veliko Plivsko Lake (Serbian:Велико/Veliko Bosnian: Veliko Croatian: Veliko = English: Large), then into two smaller Malo Plivsko Lake (Serbian:Мало/Malo Bosnian: Malo Croatian: Malo = English: Small) and Okruglo Lake (Serbian:Округло/Okruglo Bosnian: Okruglo Croatian: Okruglo = English: Round). Both of the Pliva lakes lie in a basin of karstic rock, mainly dolomite and limestone, which has given rise to their most distinctive feature, same as nearby Una River in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Plitvice Lakes in Croatia. The lakes are separated by natural dams of travertine, which is deposited by the action of moss, algae and bacteria. The encrusted plants and bacteria accumulate on top of each other, forming travertine barriers which grow at the rate of about 1 cm per year.
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