This is a list of
lakes and
reservoirs of
Turkmenistan.
''Natural lakes'':
*
Kattashor Lake (on
Amu Darya, in
Lebap Province)
*
Sarygamysh Lake
''Artificial lakes'':
*
Hanhowuz (Khauz-Khan) Reservoir
*
Hor Hor Reservoir
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(on
Tejen River)
*
Iolotan Reservoir (on
Morghab River)
*
Kolhozbent Reservoir (on
Morghab River)
*
Kopetdag Reservoir
The Köpet Dag, Kopet Dagh, or Koppeh Dagh ( tk, Köpetdag; fa, کپهداغ), also known as the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range, is a mountain range on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran that extends about along the border southeast o ...
(
Ahal Province
Ahal Region ( tk, Ahal welaýaty; from fa, آخال, Axāl) is one of five provinces of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag Range. Its area is and population 939,700 (2005 ...
, west of
Ashgabat)
*
Kurtli Reservoir (
Ahal Province
Ahal Region ( tk, Ahal welaýaty; from fa, آخال, Axāl) is one of five provinces of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag Range. Its area is and population 939,700 (2005 ...
, north-western outskirts of
Ashgabat)
*
Saryjazin Reservoir (on
Morghab River)
*
Tashkepri Reservoir (on
Morghab River)
*
Tejen Reservoir
Tejen (older spellings: Tedzhen, Tejend, Tejent) is an oasis city with district status in the Karakum Desert, in Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. It lies along the M37 highway, between Dushak and Mary, by road southeast of Ashgabat. It has a p ...
(on
Tejen River)
References
* ''Atlas of the Republics of Soviet Central Asia'', Moscow, 1988, pp. 54–65.
* T. V. Dikareva
"Salinization processes and sabkhat formation in the valleys and ancient deltas of the Murgab and Tedgen rivers in Central Asia" Chapter 13 in M. Ajmal Khan et al. (eds.), ''Sabkha Ecosystems'', Volume II: ''West and Central Asia'', Springer, 2006, map of reservoirs on p. 182.
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Turkmenistan
Lakes
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