Doiran Lake
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| Doiran Lake Доjранско Езеро Λίμνη Δοϊράνη | |
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| Location | Macedonia |
| Coordinates | 41°12′N 22°45′E / 41.200°N 22.750°E |
| Basin countries | Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
| Max. length | 8.9 km (5.5 mi) |
| Max. width | 7.1 km (4.4 mi) |
| Surface area | 43.1 km2 (16.6 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 148 m (486 ft) |
Doiran Lake ([Доjранско Езеро, Dojransko Ezero] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help); [Λίμνη Δοϊράνη, Límni Doïráni] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a lake with an area of 43.1 km² shared between the Republic of Macedonia (27.3 km²) and West Macedonia within Greek Macedonia, Greece (15.8 km²). To the west is the city of Nov Dojran (Нов Дојран), to the east the village of Mouries, to the north the mountain Belasica/Beles and to the south the Greek town of Doirani. The lake has a rounded shape, a maximum depth of 10 m and a north-to-south length of 8.9 km and is 7.1 km at its widest, making it the third largest lake partially in the Republic of Macedonia after Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa.
The lake was on the southern line of the Macedonian front during World War I, and its southern shore became the site of the various battles between allied troops and Bulgarian troops in 1916, 1917 and 1918. A monument to one of the battles and two cemeteries for Greek and British troops stand on a hill a few hundred meters south of the lake.
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