Durmitor National Park

The highlight of today was an opportunity to visit and explore the Durmitor National Park and Black Lake. At the park are infact 18 glacier lakes, know as 'mountain-eyes'. The most beautiful, largest and best known is Black Lake, located in the conifer forest, under the mountain top Meded. Conifer forest dominates this area, so it gives the lake its emerald green colour. The depth and surface of the Lake varies during the year. Maximum length, during the highest water level is 1,155m, while its maximum width is 810m. It is made out of Small and Big Black Lake. The Black Lake is fed by rain, surface flows and underground sources of water. a significant source is from an inflow of melt water from a periodical source called Čerline. During the year, when the water inflow on Cerline is bigger, water from Small Lake flows into the Big Lake, but during the rest of the year, water from Big Lake inflows into Small Lake. This causes a natural phenomena called bifurcation, and the outlet of water into two different directions, into the rivers, Piva and Tara. Along the Lake share, there is a well kept trail which goes around the lake which I explored.Read more