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. Virginia has two natural lakes, and several man-made lakes and reservoirs.

Natural lakes

Lake Drummond Lake Drummond is a freshwater lake at the center of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in the United ...

* Mountain Lake

Other lakes and reservoirs

* Abel Reservoir * Amelia Lake *

Lake Anna Lake Anna is one of the largest freshwater inland reservoirs in Virginia, covering an area of , and located south of Washington, D.C., in Louisa and Spotsylvania counties (and partially in Orange County at the northern tip). The lake is easily ...

Lake Barcroft Lake Barcroft is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,558 at the 2010 census. It is also the name of the privately owned lake—part of the Cameron Run Watershed� ...

* Beaver Creek Reservoir * Beaverdam Creek Reservoir * Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir * Briery Creek Lake *

Buggs Island Lake Kerr Lake /kɑr/ (officially John H. Kerr Reservoir, also known as Bugg's Island Lake) is a reservoir along the border of the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It is impounded by the John H. Kerr Dam, constructed between 1947 and 1952 t ...

(Kerr Lake (officially John H. Kerr Reservoir)) *

Burke Lake Burke Lake is a freshwater reservoir in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is contained within Burke Lake Park, a Fairfax County public park owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA). Burke Lake is formed by a da ...

* Burnt Mills Reservoir * Lake Chesdin *

Claytor Lake Claytor Lake in Pulaski County, Virginia, is a , reservoir on the New River (Kanawha River), New River, created for an Appalachian Power, Appalachian Power Company hydroelectric project. It is named for W. Graham Claytor, W. Graham Claytor, Sr. (1 ...

* Lake Conner * Curtis LakeCurtis Lake
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Lake Fairfax A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

* Fairy Stone Lake * Flannagan Reservoir * Lake Frederick *

Lake Gaston Lake Gaston is a hydroelectric reservoir in the eastern United States. Part of the lake is in the North Carolina counties of Halifax, Northampton, and Warren. The part extending into Virginia lies in Brunswick and Mecklenburg counties. Lake Gas ...

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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

). * Gatewood Reservoir * Germantown Lake * Lake Gordon (Virginia) * Great Creek Watershed Lake * Harwoods Mill Reservoir * Holiday Lake *

Hungry Mother Lake Hunger is a sensation that motivates the consumption of food. The sensation of hunger typically manifests after only a few hours without eating and is generally considered to be unpleasant. Satiety occurs between 5 and 20 minutes after eating. ...

* Lake Kilby * Loch Lothian * Keokee Lake * Laurel Bed Lake * Lee Hall Reservoir (Newport News City Reservoir) * Leesville Reservoir *

Lake Manassas Lake Manassas is a reservoir located in Prince William County, Virginia, to the southwest of Gainesville. It is owned and operated by the city of Manassas, Virginia, although it is located outside the city limits. The reservoir was created in th ...

The Mariners' Lake The Mariners' Lake is a reservoir which was created as part of the natural park on the grounds of the Mariners' Museum and Park located in the independent city of Newport News in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia. The museum was f ...

* Martinsville Reservoir * Lake Meade (Virginia) * Lake Moomaw * Motts Run Reservoir * Ni Reservoir * North Fork Pound Reservoir (Pound Lake) * Nottoway Lake *

Occoquan Reservoir Occoquan Reservoir is a reservoir in northeast Virginia, southwest of Washington, D.C., straddling part of the boundary between Fairfax County and Prince William County, west of Alexandria. It is formed by the Occoquan Dam on the Occoquan River ...

* Lake Orange * Pelham Reservoir * Philpott Reservoir * Lake Prince * Rivanna Reservoir * Sandy Bottom Park Pond * Sandy River Reservoir * Skidmore Reservoir * Lake Smith *

Smith Mountain Lake Smith Mountain Lake is a large reservoir in the Roanoke Region of Virginia, United States, located southeast of the City of Roanoke and southwest of Lynchburg. The lake was created in 1963 by the Smith Mountain Dam impounding the Roanoke River. ...

South Holston Lake South Holston Lake is located near the cities of Abingdon, Virginia and Bristol, Virginia / Bristol, Tennessee, and is a impoundment operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Much of the reservoir is in Tennessee, but the Virginia portion ...

* Swift Creek Lake * Waller Mill Reservoir *

Western Branch Reservoir Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

* Lake Whitehurst * Lake Jackson *

Lake of the Woods, Virginia Lake of the Woods is a census-designated place in Locust Grove, Orange County, Virginia. It is a Gated community, gated subdivision covering approximately 2,600 acres with 4,260 lots (850 with lake frontage) distributed among 16 sections (many name ...

Lake Accotink Lake Accotink is a reservoir in North Springfield in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Lake Accotink is formed by the damming of Accotink Creek. The lake is surrounded by Lake Accotink Park. The lake The lake is 55 acres, and the surr ...

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Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...