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This is a list of the top three to five major lakes per region, with links to more detailed region lists of lakes. A "major" lake is defined as that which is the largest by area, depth, volume, or cultural and/or environmental significance.


Africa


Great Lakes of Africa

* Lake Albert (Mobuto-Sese-Seko) *
Lake Chad Lake Chad (french: Lac Tchad) is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Central Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. According to the ''Global Resource Information Database'' of the United Nations Environment Programme, ...
* Lake Edward *
Lake Fianga Lake Fianga is a lake in Chad and Cameroon. It does not have clearly delineated borders, as it forms the western border of an area of permanent swampland. The lake forms with the seasonal flooding of the Logone River. References Fianga Fia ...
* Lake Kariba * Lake Kivu *
Lake Tana Lake Tana ( am, ጣና ሐይቅ, T’ana ḥāyik’i; previously Tsana) is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately long and wid ...
* Lake Mweru *
Lake Nasser Lake Nasser ( ar, بحيرة ناصر ', ) is a vast reservoir in Southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Before construction, Sudan was against the building of Lake Nasser because it would encro ...
( Lake Nubia in
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
) * Lake Nyasa ( Lake Malawi) *
Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...
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Lake Turkana Lake Turkana (), formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake. B ...
(Lake Rudolf or Rudolph) *
Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after ...
shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.


Lists by country


Algeria


Angola


Benin


Botswana

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Makadikadi Basin The Makgadikgadi Pan (Tswana pronunciation ), a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadikg ...
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Lake Ngami Lake Ngami is an endorheic lake in Botswana north of the Kalahari Desert. It is seasonally filled by the Taughe River, an effluent of the Okavango River system flowing out of the western side of the Okavango Delta. It is one of the fragmented remn ...


Burkina Faso


Cameroon

* Lake Awing * Lake Bambili *
Lake Bamendjing The Noun River is a river in the West Province of Cameroon. It arises at Lake Oku () and flows south, it is joined by the Monoun River and flows south in the valley between the mountains Ngotsetzezan and Mount Yahou.1:1,000,000 - International ...
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Lake Bankim 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 ...
* Lake Barombi *
Lake Edip A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a Depression (geology), 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 World Ocean, oce ...
* Lake Kendall * Lake Lagdo *
Lake Mbakaou Lake Mbakaou, also known as Mbakaou reservoir, is an artificial lake in Cameroon. The lake was formed by the construction of a dam and is fed by the Sanaga River The Sanaga River (formerly german: Zannaga) is the largest river in Cameroon locate ...
* Lake Monoun *
Muanenguba Lakes Muanenguba lakes are a pair of caldera lakes on Mount Manengouba found in Bangem subdivision in the Kupe-muanenguba Division of the Southwest region of Cameroon. sorrounded by a park of vegetation, it is found bounded by the neighboring Littoral ...
(Twin Lakes) * Lake Nyos * Lake Oku *
Lake Wum 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 ...


Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...


Central African Republic


Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...


Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...


Democratic Republic of the Congo


Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...


Djibouti

* Lake Assal


Egypt


Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...


Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...


Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...


Ethiopia


Gabon


The Gambia


Ghana

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Lake Volta Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on surface area, is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana's electricity. It is completely within the country of Ghana and has a surface area ...
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Lake Bosomtwe Lake Bosumtwi is the only natural lake in Ghana. It is situated within an ancient impact crater that is about in diameter. It is about south-east of Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti, and is a popular recreational area. There are about 30 village ...


Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...


Guinea-Bissau


Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...


Kenya


Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...


Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...


Libya


Madagascar

* Lake Alaotra *
Lake Bedo 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 ...
* Lake Itasy * Lake Ihotry *
Lake Kinkony Lake Kinkony is a large lake in the northwestern part of Madagascar, in the lower Mahavavy Sud River watershed in Boeny region (former Mahajanga Province Mahajanga was a former province of Madagascar that had an area of 150,023 km². It had ...
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Lake Tritriva Lake Tritriva is a volcanic lake in southwest-central Madagascar, in the region of Vàkinankàratra, located near the village of Belazao. In a distance of 15 km from Antsirabe, it is easy to reach by the National Road 34. There's a strict Fady ( ...
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Lake Tsimanampetsotsa Lake Tsimanampetsotsa (french: Lac Tsimanampetsotsa) (also called Lake Tsimanampesotse) is a moderately Soda lake, alkaline lake in the Toliara Province, in the southwestern part of Madagascar. It is located at around . The lake is protected wit ...
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Lakes Manambolomaty 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 ...


Malawi

* Lake Chilwa * Lake Malawi


Mali


Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

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Lac de Mâl The Lac de Mâl is a lake in Mauritania's Brakna Region Brakna ( ar, ولاية البراكنة) is a region in south-west Mauritania. Its capital is Aleg. Other major cities/towns include Boghé. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of ...


Mauritius


Morocco


Mozambique

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Cabora Bassa Lake The Cahora Bassa lake—in the Portuguese colonial era (until 1974) known as Cabora Bassa, from Nyungwe ''Kahoura-Bassa'', meaning "finish the job"—is Africa's fourth-largest artificial lake, situated in the Tete Province in Mozambique. In Afr ...


Namibia


Niger


Nigeria

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Kainji Lake Kainji Lake, in North Central Nigeria, is a reservoir on the Niger River, formed by the Kainji Dam. It was formed in 1968 and is a part of Niger State and Kebbi State. Kainji Lake National Park (KNLP), situated around the lake, is Nigeria's oldes ...
* Oguta Lake * Asejire Lake


Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...


São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...


Senegal


Seychelles


Sierra Leone


Somalia


South Africa


South Sudan


Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

* Roseires Reservoir * Lake No * Lake Nubia (southern reaches of
Lake Nasser Lake Nasser ( ar, بحيرة ناصر ', ) is a vast reservoir in Southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Before construction, Sudan was against the building of Lake Nasser because it would encro ...
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Tanzania


Togo


Tunisia


Uganda


Zambia


Zimbabwe


Antarctica

There are hundreds of lakes deep below the ice of Antarctica. *
Basalt Lake Basalt Lake is a small freshwater lake surrounded by three basalt outcrops with ‘organ-pipe’ formations in their rocks, situated in the central part of the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic ...
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Lake Brownworth Lake Brownworth is a meltwater lake immediately west of Wright Lower Glacier at the east end of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. The lake was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and air photos obtained in 1956–1960. It ...
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Don Juan Pond Don Juan Pond is a small and very shallow hypersaline lake in the western end of Wright Valley (South Fork), Victoria Land, Antarctica, west from Lake Vanda. It is wedged between the Asgard Range to the south and the Dais Range to the north. On t ...
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Parochlus Lake Parochlus Lake is a shallow lake at the head of Karrakatta Valley, to the west-northwest of Husvik Harbor, South Georgia Island, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1990 after the midge Parochlus ...
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Penny Lake Penny Lake may refer to: *Penny Lake (Antarctica) *Penny Lake (Blaine County, Idaho) *Penny Lake (Portage County, Wisconsin) {{Geodis ...
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Lake Pewe Lake Pewe is a small lake at elevation on the uppermost Koettlitz bench, east of Blackwelder Glacier in Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, exte ...
* Lake Vanda *
Lake Vida Lake Vida is a hypersaline lake in Victoria Valley, the northernmost of the large McMurdo Dry Valleys, on the continent of Antarctica. It is isolated under year-round ice cover, and is considerably more saline than seawater. It came to public at ...
* Lake Vostok *
Lake Whillans Lake Whillans is a subglacial lake in Antarctica. The lake is located under the Whillans Ice Stream at the southeastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf in the west of the continent. The lake surface is beneath the surface of the ice and the lake cov ...


Asia


International lakes of Asia

* Pangong Tso *
Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...
– Lake Baikal is located in Siberia in southeastern Russia, just north of Mongolia. Considered the oldest surviving freshwater lake on the planet, it is also the deepest body of water in Asia at , and the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 20% of the planet's fresh water. An elongated lake, it has a maximum width of with an approximate length of , and is fed by more than 300 rivers and streams. * Caspian Sea – Situated between Asia and Europe and fed by the Volga and Ural Rivers in the north, the Caspian Sea is nevertheless somewhat salty in its central and south portions. The surface area measures , with a maximum depth of . *
Aral Sea The Aral Sea ( ; kk, Арал теңізі, Aral teñızı; uz, Орол денгизи, Orol dengizi; kaa, Арал теңизи, Aral teńizi; russian: Аральское море, Aral'skoye more) was an endorheic basin, endorheic lake lyi ...
– Also in far-western Asia, just east of the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea straddles the boundary between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The Aral Sea is shrinking due to evaporation and diversion for irrigation (among other factors) and what remains (only 10% of its former size) is now almost totally polluted by fertilizer runoff, Soviet weapon testing residue and industrial projects, leading to it being called "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters". ** North Aral Sea ** South Aral Sea *
Dead Sea The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank ...
– Located on the border of Israel and Jordan. * Lake Khanka


Lists by country


Afghanistan

* Gowd-e-Zereh


Armenia


Azerbaijan


Bahrain


Bangladesh

* Kaptai Lake


Bhutan


Brunei

* Cypt


Cambodia

* Tonlé Sap


China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

* Dongting Lake *
Poyang Lake Poyang Lake (, Gan: Po-yong U), located in Jiujiang, is the largest freshwater lake in China. The lake is fed by the Gan, Xin, and Xiu rivers, which connect to the Yangtze through a channel. The area of Poyang Lake fluctuates dramatically be ...
* Qinghai Lake * Lake Tai


Cyprus


East Timor


Georgia


India

* Avalanche Lake * Dal Lake * Emerald Lake * Chandra Taal *
Nainital Lake Nainital Lake, also known as Naini Lake, is a natural freshwater body, situated amidst the town of Nainital in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. It is tectonic in origin and is mango shaped or crescent shaped and has an outfall at the southeastern en ...
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Sheshnag Lake Sheshnag Lake ( ; ) is an alpine high elevation oligotrophic lake located in Anantnag district of Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India at an elevation of 3590 meters. It is situated on the track leading to the Amarnath cave, about 23&nbs ...
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Suraj Tal Suraj Tal, also called Tso Kamtsi or Surya Tal, is an long lake that lies just below the high Bara-lacha-la pass in Lahaul and Spiti district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is the third highest lake in India, and the 21st-highe ...
* Tso Moriri *
Tsongmo Lake Tsomgo Lake'','' also known as Tsongmo Lake or Changgu Lake, is a glacial lake in the East Sikkim district of the Indian state of Sikkim, some from the capital Gangtok. Located at an elevation of , the lake remains frozen during the winter sea ...
* Chaluk lake *
Chilka Lake Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, khordha and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over . It is the bigge ...
* Shanti Sagara


Indonesia

* Lake Toba


Iran

* Caspian Sea * Lake Urmia *
Gavkhouni Gavkhouni ( fa, گاوخونی, Gāwxuni) also written as ''Gawkhuni'' or ''Batlaq-e-Gavkhuni'', located in the Iranian Plateau in central Iran, east of city of Isfahan, is the terminal basin of the Zayandeh River. Gavkhouni is a salt marsh with ...
* Hamun Lake * Namak Lake * Bakhtegan Lake *
Maharloo Lake Maharloe Lake ( fa, دریاچه مهارلو) is a seasonal salt lake in the highlands of the area of Shiraz, Iran. southeast of Shiraz, the lake salt is rich in potassium and other salts. Rudkhane-ye-Khoshk, a seasonal river flowing through th ...
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Zarivar Lake Lake Zrewar , also known as Zrewar or Zrewar (Kurdish: ''Zrêbar'' or ''Zrêwar'', ''زرێبار''), ( fa, زریوار ''Zarivār''), is a lake in the Zagros Mountains, within Kurdistan Province of western Iran. Etymology its name is composed o ...


Iraq

* Lake Habbaniyah (Hawr al Habbaniyah) * Lake Milh (Bahr al Milh) * Lake Tharthar (Buhayrat ath Tharthar) * Sawa lake


Israel

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Dead Sea The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank ...
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Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee ( he, יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ar, بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret or Kinnereth, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest ...


Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

* Lake Mashū


Jordan

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Dead Sea The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank ...


Kazakhstan

* Lake Alakol * Lake Balkhash *
Chagan Lake Chagan Lake () is a lake in Jilin, China. The name "Chagan" is from Mongolian language, Mongolian (, transliteration : , Cyrillic mongolian : , transliteration MNS : ), meaning ''white / pure lake'' (see also Chagan River re. another toponym incl ...
* Kaindy Lake * Lake Sasykkol *
Lake Tengiz Tengiz Lake ( kk, Теңіз көлі, ''Teñız kölı''; russian: Тенгиз) is a saline lake in north-central part of Kazakhstan. On 16 October 1976, the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 23 unintentionally splashed down into the northern part of ...
* Lake Zaysan


North Korea


South Korea


Kuwait


Kyrgyzstan

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Ala Köl Ala, ALA, Alaa or Alae may refer to: Places * Ala, Hiiu County, Estonia, a village * Ala, Valga County, Estonia, a village * Ala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, a village * Ala, Iran, a village in Semnan Province * Ala, Gotland, Sweden * Alad, Seydu ...
* Besh-Tash Lake * Chatyr-Kul * Issyk-Kul * Jashyl Köl * Juukuchak Lake *
Kapka Tash Lake Kapka Tash Lake ( ky, Капка Таш) is a rock-dammed lake in Toktogul District of Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered b ...
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Kara-Suu Lake Kara-Suu Lake ( ky, Карасуу) is a rock-dammed lake in Toktogul District of Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is located at the altitude of 2022 m in riverbed of Kara-Suu, right tributary of Naryn River The Naryn ( ky, Нарын, uz, ...
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Köl-Suu Köl-Suu ( ky, Көл-Суу, also Көлсуу) is an alpine lake in At-Bashy District of Naryn Region of southeastern Kyrgyzstan. It is located at 3514 m elevation in the Kakshaal Too mountain range, central Tian Shan The Tian Shan,, , otk, ...
* Költör Lake * Kölükök *
Kulun Lake Kulun Lake ( ky, Кулун көлү) is a rock-dammed lake in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region Osh Region ( ky, Ош облусу, translit=Osh oblusu; russian: Ошская область, Oshskaya oblast) is a region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan ...
* Kylaköl * Ökürgön Lake *
Lake Sary-Chelek Sary-Chelek (also Sarychelek, Kyrgyz: Сарычелек) is a mountain lake located in Sary-Chelek Nature Reserve in Jalal-Abad Province in Western Kyrgyzstan. It is north of Arkyt (the park headquarters) at the eastern end of the Chatkal Range. ...
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Merzbacher Lake Lake Merzbacher is a moraine glacier lake located in east Kyrgyzstan between the north and south Engilchek Glaciers in the Tien Shan Mountains. It is often called the "Disappearing Lake" because it drains every year as the ice melts, often causi ...
* Saryköl *
Song Köl Lake A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at melody, distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various song form, forms, such as those includ ...


Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...


Lebanon


Malaysia


Maldives


Mongolia


Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...


Nepal

* Fewa Lake * Rara Lake * Rupa Lake *
Begnas Lake Begnas Lake ( ne, बेगनास ताल) is a freshwater lake in Pokhara Metropolis of Kaski district of Nepal located in the south-east of the Pokhara Valley. The lake is the third largest lake of Nepal and second largest, after Phewa L ...
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Shey phoksundo lake Shey is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil, 15 km from Leh towards Hemis. Shey was founded as the capital of Ladakh (then called Maryul), by the king Lhachen Palgyigon in the 10th century. It w ...
* Tilicho Lake * Gosaikunda Lake


Oman


Pakistan

* Attabad Lake *
Ansoo Lake Ansoo Lake (which literally translates to teardrop lake), is a tear-shaped lake located in Kaghan Valley in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the province of Pakistan. It is located at an elevation of above sea level and considered one of t ...
* Banjosa Lake *
Dudipatsar Lake Dudipatsar Lake ( ur, ), also known as Dudipat Lake, is a lake encircled by snow clad peaks in Lulusar-Dudipatsar National Park. The lake lies in the north end of the Kaghan Valley, in the Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in northe ...
* Hanna Lake *
Karambar Lake Karambar Lake (), also known as Qurumbar Lake, is a high altitude lake located in Broghil Valley , District Upper Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan. It is the 33rd highest lake in the world and falls in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region, which i ...
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Kundol Lake Kundol Lake ( ur, ) also known as ''Kundol Dand'', is a lake in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, which is located in the north of Utror valley at a distance of away from Kalam. Similarly, there is a well known story about the lake whi ...
* Lulusar Lake *
Mahodand Lake Mahodand Lake ( ur, ; ps, د ماهو ډنډ - "Lake of Fishes") is a lake located in the upper Usho Valley at a distance of about from Kalam in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The lake is accessible by a four-wheel dr ...
* Payee Lake * Pyala Lake *
Shangrila Lake Lower Kachura Lake ( ur, زیریں کچورا جھیل), also known as Shangrila Lake ( ur, شنگریلا جھیل, label=none), is a lake located near the city of Skardu in Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan. Situated at a height of , it has had ...


Philippines

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Laguna de Bay Laguna de Bay (Spanish language, Spanish for "Lagoon/Lake of Bay, Laguna, Bay"; tl, Lawa ng Bay, ), also known as Laguna Lake, is the List of lakes of the Philippines, largest lake in the Philippines. It is located southeast of Metro Manila, b ...
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Lake Lanao Lake Lanao (Maranao: ''Ranao'' or ''Ranaw'') is a large ancient lake in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. With a surface area of , it is the largest lake in Mindanao, and the second largest lake in the Philippines and counted as one of ...


Qatar


Russia

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Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...


Saudi Arabia

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Al-Asfar Lake Al-Asfar Lake (Arabic: بحيرة الأصفر), also known as Asfar, Alasfar and Yellow Lake. Al-Asfar is located to the East of Umran city, in Al-Hasa, Eastern Saudi Arabia. The lake is surrounded by sand dunes and somewhat difficult to reach. ...
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Sabkhat Matti Sabkhat Matti is a dry lake on the border between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. " Sabka" means "salt flat" in Arabic. In the 1930s, Bedouins The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu (; , singular ) are nomadic Arabs, Arab tribes who have ...


Singapore


Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...


Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

* Lake Assad * Lake Qattinah * Lake Al-Rastan *
Lake Muzairib 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 ...
* Zarzar Lake *
Lake Ballouran 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 ...


Tajikistan


Thailand


Turkey

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Lake Van Lake Van ( tr, Van Gölü; hy, Վանա լիճ, translit=Vana lič̣; ku, Gola Wanê) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the far east of Turkey, in the provinces of Van and Bitlis in the Armenian highlands. It is a saline soda lake ...


Turkmenistan


United Arab Emirates - UAE


Uzbekistan


Vietnam


Yemen


Palestine __NOTOC__ Palestine may refer to: * State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia * Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia * Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...

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Dead Sea The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank ...
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Sea of Galilee The Sea of Galilee ( he, יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ar, بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret or Kinnereth, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest ...


Taiwan

* Bitan Lake * Changpi Lake *
Chengcing Lake Chengcing Lake (), also known as the Cheng Ching Lake, Dabei Lake (大貝湖), or Toapi Lake () in Taiwanese, is an artificial lake located in Niaosong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The lake is not far from downtown Kaohsiung and the major suburban distr ...
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Chiaming Lake The Chiaming Lake (; Bunun：''Cidanuman Buan'' (mirror of the moon)) is a lake in Haiduan Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. It is the second highest lake area in Taiwan. Name In Bunun language, Chiaming Lake is called "cidanuman buan", meani ...
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Cueifong Lake Cueifong Lake () is a lake in Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area, Nan'ao Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. Geography The lake is the largest alpine lake in Taiwan, located at an altitude of 1,900 meters. The lake covers an area of 20 ...
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Gugang Lake The Gugang Lake () is a natural lake in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. Geology The lake is surrounded by hills and willows growing on its shore. It is the habitat for aquatic birds, especially the European hoopoes. Features The lak ...
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Jinshi Lake The Jinshi Lake (Golden Lion Lake, ) is a lake in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The lake used to be known as Dapi Lake. However, due to its location next to Mount Shi (), the lake is called Jinshi Lake. Geology The water source ...
* Lantan Lake *
Liyu Lake The Liyu Lake or Carp Lake () is a lake in Chinan Village, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. Name ''Liyu'' means carp in English where by the name, the lake has a lot of carps. The name itself originated from the Liyu Mountain beside t ...
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Longtan Lake Longtan Lake or Longtan Tourist Pond () is a lake in Shanglin Village, Longtan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The lake is known for the Buddhist temple in the centre of the lake. History The lake was originally built for irrigation. After the ...
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Meihua Lake The Meihua Lake or Plum Blossom Lake () is a lake in Dongshan Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. Name Meihua means plum blossom because of its resemblance to a plum flower with five petals. History The lake was originally named Dapi Lake. In 19 ...
* Milk Lake * Sun Moon Lake *
Zhongzheng Lake The Meinong Lake () is a lake and reservoir in Meinong District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The lake was originally named as Jhongjun Pi or Minong Lake. In 1956, the lake was renamed to Zhongzheng Lake since the visit of Chiang Kai-shek, and in ...


Europe


International lakes of Europe

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Lake Constance Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
( Austria, Germany,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
; Bodensee) *
Dojran Lake Doiran Lake (, ''Dojransko Ezero''; , ''Límni Dhoïráni''), also spelled Dojran Lake is a lake with an area of shared between North Macedonia () and Greece (). To the west is the city of Nov Dojran (Нов Дојран), to the east the vill ...
( North Macedonia and Greece) * Lake Geneva ( France,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
; Lac Léman) * Lake Lugano (
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, Italy) * Lake Maggiore (
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, Italy; Lago Maggiore) * Lake Neusiedl (Neusiedler See)/Fertő ( Austria, Hungary) * Lake Ohrid ( North Macedonia, Albania; Liqeni i Ohrit) * Lake Peipsi-Pihkva ( Estonia, Russia) * Lake Great Prespa ( Albania, North Macedonia, Greece) * Lake Small Prespa ( Albania, Greece) * Lake Skadar ( Montenegro, Albania; Liqeni i Shkodrës) *
Lake Vištytis 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 ...
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Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
, Russia) *
Lago di Lei Lago di Lei is a reservoir in the Valle di Lei, powering the Hinterrhein storage power stations. The reservoir is almost entirely in Italy, but the barrage was built on territory ceded by Italy to Switzerland (municipality of Ferrera, Grisons) i ...
(an artificial lake created by a dam; the waters are mostly in Italy but the dam is in
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
).


Lists by country


Republic of Albania

* Lake Ohrid


Andorra


Armenia

* Lake Sevan *
Lake Lessing Lake Lessing ( hy, Լեսինգ (լիճ)) is one of the few natural lakes in Armenia. It is on the eastern slope of the Aragats mountains at 3200 m. elevation. Alpine plants Alpine plants are plants that grow in an alpine climate, which occurs ...


Austria

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Ahornsee Ahornsee is a mountain lake in the Dachstein Mountains of Upper Austria. Lakes of Upper Austria LAhornsee {{Austria-geo-stub ...


Azerbaijan

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Lake Sarysu Sarysu ( az, Sarısu meaning "Yellow Water") is the largest lake of Azerbaijan located in Imishli and Sabirabad raions of the Kur-Araz Lowland. Overview Sarysu lake stretches along the Kura River from Imishli Rayon southeast to Sabirabad Rayon ...
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Lake Ağgöl Lake Ağgöl (, ) is a large salty lake in the Kur-Araz Lowland, specifically the Aghjabadi and Imishli rayons of Azerbaijan. It is the second-largest of about 450 lakes in the country. Ağgöl is considered an important habitat in Azerbaijan and ...


Belarus


Belgium


Bosnia and Herzegovina


Bulgaria

* Lake Atanasovsko *
Banderishki Lakes The Banderishki Lakes are a large group of lakes in the Pirin mountains in southwestern Bulgaria. They are situated in the Banderitsa valley and mark the beginning of the Banderitsa river. There are 17 lakes in all but only 5 have names. They are ...
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Batak Reservoir The Batak Reservoir ( bg, езеро Батак) is located in the Rhodope Mountains and is the third largest in Bulgaria. It attracts many tourists and fishermen, and the resort Tsigov Chark was built on its shore. The lake is situated around 8&n ...
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Lake Burgas Lake Burgas ( bg, Бургаско езеро, ''Burgasko ezero'') or Lake Vaya (езеро Вая, ''ezero Vaya''), located near the Black Sea west of the city of Burgas, is the largest natural lake in Bulgaria, with an area of 27.60 km2, a ...
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Dospat Reservoir Dospat Reservoir ( bg, язовир Доспат) is situated in the western part of the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. The reservoir (formed by a dam in the town of Dospat, west of Smolyan) stretches nearly northwest to the city of Sarnitsa. At ...
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Lake Durankulak Durankulak ( bg, Дуранкулак ) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Shabla Municipality, Dobrich Province. Located in the historical region of Southern Dobruja, Durankulak is the north-easternmost inhabited place in Bulgaria an ...
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Iskar Reservoir The Iskar Reservoir (язовир „Искър“) is the largest reservoir in Bulgaria. It is situated on the Iskar River and provides 2/3 of the water for the capital Sofia, also being used for producing hydroelectricity. The reservoir has a t ...
* Lake Mandrensko * Lake Pomorie * Lake Varna * Seven Rila Lakes * Srebarna Nature Reserve, Lake Srebarna


Croatia


Cyprus

* Larnaca Salt Lake * Limassol Salt Lake


Czech Republic


Denmark


Estonia


Finland


France


Georgia


Germany


Greece


Hungary

* Lake Balaton * Lake Tisza * Lake Velencei * Lake Hévíz * Lake Vadkert


Iceland


Republic of Ireland, Ireland


Italy

* Lake Garda


Kazakhstan


Latvia

* Lake Lubāns * Lake Rāzna * Lake Engure


Liechtenstein


Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...


Luxembourg


Malta


Moldova


Monaco


Montenegro


Netherlands


North Macedonia


Norway


Poland

* Śniardwy, Lake Śniardwy * Lake Mamry * Łebsko Lake, Lake Łebsko * Dąbie Lake, Lake Dąbie * Miedwie, Lake Miedwie * Jeziorak, Lake Jeziorak * Lake Niegocin * Hańcza, Lake Hańcza


Portugal


Romania


Russia


San Marino


Serbia

* Lake Palić * Perućac Lake * Vlasina Lake


Slovakia

* Morské oko, Slovakia, Morské oko * Štrbské pleso * Zemplínska šírava * Zlaté Piesky * Blatné (lake), Blatné * Jazero


Slovenia

* Lake Cerknica


Spain

* Lake of Banyoles * El Atazar Dam * Estanys de Baiau * Lakes of Covadonga * Embalse de Navacerrada * Sanabria Lake Natural Park


Sweden

* Vänern * Vättern * Mälaren * Hjälmaren * Storsjön


Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...


Turkey


Ukraine


United Kingdom


North America, North and Central America


International lakes of North America

Listed in order of occurrence from easternmost border terminus to the westernmost * Woodland Flowage * Grand Falls Flowage * Spednic Lake (part of the Chiputneticook Lakes) * East Grand Lake (part of the Chiputneticook Lakes) * North Lake (Maine/New Brunswick), North Lake, partly in North Lake Parish, New Brunswick * Glazier Lake * Beau Lake * Lac de l'Est * Little St. John Lake (Petit lac Saint-Jean) * Lac Wallace * Line Pond (Etang Duck) * Lake Memphremagog a glacial lake that extends from Vermont into Canada * Lake Champlain in Quebec in Canada and New York (state), New York and Vermont in the United States (US) * Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada; and New York (state), New York in the United States, US * Lake Erie in Ontario in Canada and Michigan, New York (state), New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania in the US * Lake Saint Clair (North America), Lake St Clair in Ontario, Canada; and Michigan in the US * Lake Huron in Ontario in Canada and Michigan in the US * Munuscong Lake * Lake George (Michigan–Ontario), Lake George * Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada; and Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in the US * South Fowl Lake * North Fowl Lake * Moose Lake (Lake County, Minnesota), Moose Lake, entry point into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness * Mountain Lake (Cook County, Minnesota) * Rose Lake (Pigeon River) * South Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), South Lake * North Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), North Lake * Gunflint Lake * Magnetic Lake * Clove Lake * Granite Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), Granite Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada * Granite Bay (Minnesota/Ontario), Granite Bay * Gneiss Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), Gneiss Lake * Maraboeuf Lake * Saganaga Lake * Swamp Lake * Ottertrack Lake * Knife Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), Knife Lake * Carp Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), Carp Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada * Birch Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), Birch Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada * Sucker Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), Sucker Lake * Basswood Lake * Wednesday Bay * Thursday Bay * Crooked Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), Crooked Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada * Sunday Bay * Bottle Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), Bottle Lake * Lac la Croix * Loon Lake (Minnesota/Ontario), Loon Lake * Little Vermillion Lake * Sand Point Lake * Rainy Lake * Lake of the Woods in Minnesota, United States, US; Manitoba and Ontario in Canada * Wilfred's Lake * Susie Lake * Osthus Lake * South Messier Lake * Hartley Lake * Boundary Lake in North Dakota, United States, US; Manitoba, Canada * Cavalier Lake * Ross Lake (North Dakota/Manitoba), Ross Lake in North Dakota, US, and Manitoba, Canada * Lake Metigoshe * Bone Lake (North Dakota/Saskatchewan), Bone Lake * Line Lake * Brush Lake (North Dakota/Saskatchewan), Brush Lake in North Dakota, US, and Saskatchewan, Canada * Sheridan County, Montana, Salt Lake in northeastern Montana, US; known as Alkali Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada * Waterton Lake, Upper Waterton Lake in Alberta, Canada; and Montana, US * Cameron Lake (Alberta), Cameron Lake in Alberta, Canada; and Montana, US * Frozen Lake (Montana), Frozen Lake * Lake Koocanusa * Alden Lake * Osoyoos Lake * Ross Lake (Washington), Ross Lake in Washington, US, and British Columbia, Canada


Lists by country


Antigua and Barbuda


Bahamas


Barbados


Belize


Canada

*Turtle Lake (Vancouver Island) *Lake Huron *Lake Superior *Great Bear Lake *Great Slave Lake *Lake Erie *Lake Winnipeg *Lake Ontario *Lake Athabasca *Reindeer Lake *Smallwood Reservoir *Nettilling Lake *Lake Winnipegosis *Lake Nipigon *Lake Manitoba *Lake of the Woods *Caniapiscau Reservoir *Dubawnt Lake


Costa Rica


Cuba


Dominica


Dominican Republic


El Salvador

* Coatepeque Caldera, Lago de Coatepeque (Coatepeque Lake) * Ilopango Lake, Lago De Ilopango (Ilopango Lake) * Lake Güija, Laguna De Güija (Güija Lake) * Laguna Verde (El Salvador), Laguna Verde * Laguna de Alegria * Olomega Lake * Cerrón Grande Reservoir, Suchitlán Lake


Grenada


Guatemala

* Lake Atitlan


Haiti


Honduras

* Lake Yojoa


Jamaica


Mexico

* Lake Chapala * Lake Texcoco * Lake Catemaco * Lake Patzcuaro * Lake Cuitzeo * Lake Zirahuen


Nicaragua

* Lake Apanás * Lake Nicaragua (Lake Cocibolca) * Lake Managua * Laguna de Apoyo


Panama

* Lago Bayano * Gatun Lake


Saint Kitts and Nevis


Saint Lucia


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines


Trinidad and Tobago


United States of America, United States of America - USA

*Crater Lake *Great Salt Lake *Great Lakes, The Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario *Lake Champlain *Lake Okeechobee *Lake Pontchartrain *Lake Tahoe *Lake Winnebago


Oceania


Lists by country


Australia


Federated States of Micronesia


Fiji


Kiribati


Marshall Islands


Nauru

* Buada Lagoon


New Zealand


Palau


Papua New Guinea


Samoa


Solomon Islands


Tonga


Tuvalu


Vanuatu


Wallis and Futuna


South America


International lakes of South America

* Lake Titicaca (in Peru and Bolivia) * General Carrera Lake (in Chile and Argentina) * O'Higgins/San Martín Lake (in Chile and Argentina) * Cochrane/Pueyrredón Lake (in Chile and Argentina) * Cami Lake, Cami/Fagnano Lake (in Chile and Argentina) * Palena/General Vintter Lake (in Chile and Argentina) * Lake Viedma (undefined border near the Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Chile and Argentina)


Lists by country


Argentina


Bolivia


Brazil


Chile


Colombia


Ecuador


Guyana


Paraguay


Peru

* Lake Titicaca * Quñuqqucha


Suriname

*Brokopondo Reservoir


Uruguay


Venezuela

* Guri (Simón Bolívar), Guri (man-made) * Lake Maracaibo (sometimes considered a sea) * Lake Valencia (Venezuela), Lake Valencia


Lake#Paleolakes, Former lakes

* Lake Agassiz * Lake Ballivián * Lake Hula * Lake Makgadikgadi * Lop Nur * Owens Lake * Tulare Lake


Extraterrestrial lakes


Titan (moon), Titan


See also

*List of lakes by area *List of lakes by depth *List of lakes by volume *List of dams and reservoirs *List of international lakes


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lakes Lists of bodies of water, Lakes