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 Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

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 Edward (locally Rwitanzigye or Rweru) is one of the smaller African Great Lakes. It is located in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, w ...

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 Kariba is the world's largest artificial lake and reservoir (water), reservoir by List of lakes by volume, volume. It lies upstream from the Indian Ocean, along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Lake Kariba was filled between 1958 and ...

Lake Kivu Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which ...

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 Mweru (also spelled ''Mwelu'', ''Mwero'') is a freshwater lake on the longest arm of Africa's second-longest river, the Congo. Located on the border between Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo, it makes up of the total length of th ...

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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Lake Nubia 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 ...

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 ...

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Lake Nyasa Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is the fifth largest fre ...

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Lake Malawi Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is the fifth largest fre ...

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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. ...

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 ...

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Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

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Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

Lists by country

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

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 ...

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 Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

Lake Awing * The Lake Bambili

Lake Bambili 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 Bamendjing * Lake Bankim * Full extent, Lake Barombi

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 Lake Monoun is a crater lake ( maar) in West Province, Cameroon, that lies in the Oku Volcanic Field. On August 15, 1984, a limnic eruption occurred at the lake, which resulted in the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide () that killed 37 ...

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 ...

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Lake Nyos Lake Nyos ( ) is a crater lake in the Region of Cameroon, located about northwest of Yaoundé, the capital. Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic plain along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity ...

Lake Oku Lake Oku is a crater lake on the Bamenda Plateau in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. It is located at on Mount Oku, and is completely surrounded by cloud forest. The lake lies in an explosion crater formed in the last phase of development of ...

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 The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

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 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

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 Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

* Lake Assal

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

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 Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

The Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

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 ...

* Lake Bosomtwe

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 Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

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 ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

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 Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

Lake Alaotra Lake Alaotra ( mg, farihin' Alaotra, ; french: Lac Alaotra) is the largest lake in Madagascar, located in Alaotra-Mangoro, Alaotra-Mangoro Region and on the island's northern central plateau. Its basin is composed of shallow freshwater lakes and m ...

* Lake Bedo *

Lake Itasy 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 Ihotry Lake Ihotry is the second largest lake of Madagascar. It is a closed saline lake in semi-arid southwestern part of Madagascar in the region of Atsimo-Andrefana. Its area varies seasonally, from 96 km2 to 112 km2. Roads It can be reache ...

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 ...

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 ( ...

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 ...

* Lakes Manambolomaty

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

Lake Chilwa Lake Chilwa is the second-largest lake in Malawi after Lake Malawi. It is in eastern Zomba District, near the border with Mozambique. Approximately 60 km long and 40 km wide, the lake is surrounded by extensive wetlands. There is an islan ...

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. 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 ...

* Lac de Mâl

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

* Cabora Bassa Lake

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesNigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

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 Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...

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 No is a lake in South Sudan. It is located just north of the vast swamp of the Sudd, at the confluence of the Bahr al Jabal and Bahr el Ghazal rivers, and marks the transition between the Bahr al Jabal and White Nile proper. Lake No is loc ...

(southern reaches of

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Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

There are hundreds of lakes deep below the ice of

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Parochlus Lake *

Penny Lake Penny Lake may refer to: *Penny Lake (Antarctica) *Penny Lake (Blaine County, Idaho) *Penny Lake (Portage County, Wisconsin) {{Geodis ...

* Lake Pewe *

Lake Vanda Lake Vanda is a lake in Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Ross Dependency, Antarctica. The lake is long and has a maximum depth of . On its shore, New Zealand maintained Vanda Station from 1968 to 1995. Lake Vanda is a hypersaline lake with a salinit ...

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 Vostok (russian: озеро Восток, ''ozero Vostok'') is the largest of Antarctica's almost 400 known subglacial lakes. Lake Vostok is located at the southern Pole of Cold, beneath Russia's Vostok Station under the surface of the cent ...

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 Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

International lakes of Asia

Pangong Tso Pangong Tso or Pangong Lake (; ; hi, text=पैंगोंग झील) is an endorheic lake spanning eastern Ladakh and West Tibet situated at an elevation of . It is long and divided into five sublakes, called ''Pangong Tso'', ''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 Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

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 The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...

– 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 Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

and

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

. 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 The North Aral Sea ( kk, Солтүстік Арал теңізі, russian: Северное Аральское море) is the portion of the former Aral Sea that is fed by the Syr Darya River. It split from the South Aral Sea in 1987–1988 as ...

South Aral Sea The South Aral Sea was a lake in the basin of the former Aral Sea which formed in 1987 when that body divided in two, due to diversion of river inflow for agriculture. In 2003, the South Aral Sea itself split into eastern and western basins, th ...

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 Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. *

Lake Khanka Lake Khanka (russian: о́зеро Ха́нка) or Lake Xingkai (), is a freshwater lake on the border between Primorsky Krai, Russia and Heilongjiang province, Northeast China (at ). Etymology On the Delisle map of 1706, the lake is named ...

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Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

* Gowd-e-Zereh

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

Bangladesh

* Kaptai Lake

Bhutan

Brunei

* Cypt

Cambodia

* Tonlé Sap

China

* Dongting Lake * Poyang Lake * Qinghai Lake * Lake Tai

Cyprus

East Timor

Georgia (country), Georgia

India

* Avalanche Lake, Ooty, Avalanche Lake * Dal Lake * Emerald Lake, Ooty, Emerald Lake * Chandra Taal * Nainital Lake * Sheshnag Lake * Suraj Tal * Tso Moriri * Tsongmo Lake *Chaluk lake * Chilka Lake * Shanti Sagara

Indonesia

* Lake Toba

Iran

* Lake Urmia * Gavkhouni * Hamun Lake * Namak Lake * Bakhtegan Lake * Maharloo Lake * Zarivar Lake

Iraq

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

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

* Sea of Galilee

Japan

* Lake Mashū

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

* Lake Alakol * Lake Balkhash * Chagan (nuclear test), Chagan Lake * Kaindy Lake * Lake Sasykkol * Lake Tengiz * Lake Zaysan

North Korea

South Korea

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

* Ala Köl * Besh-Tash Lake * Chatyr-Kul * Issyk-Kul * Jashyl Köl * Juukuchak Lake * Kapka Tash Lake * Kara-Suu Lake * Köl-Suu * Költör Lake * Kölükök * Kulun Lake * Kylaköl * Ökürgön Lake * Lake Sary-Chelek * Merzbacher Lake * Saryköl * Song Köl Lake

Laos

Lebanon

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

* Fewa Lake * Rara Lake * Rupa Lake * Begnas Lake * Shey phoksundo lake * Tilicho Lake * Gosaikunda Lake

Oman

Pakistan

* Attabad Lake * Ansoo Lake * Banjosa Lake * Dudipatsar Lake * Hanna Lake * Karambar Lake * Kundol Lake * Lulusar Lake * Mahodand Lake * Payee Lake * Pyala Lake * Shangrila Lake

Philippines

* Laguna de Bay * Lake Lanao

Qatar

Russia

Saudi Arabia

* Al-Asfar Lake * Sabkhat Matti

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

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

Tajikistan

Thailand

Turkey

* Lake Van

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates - UAE

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

Vietnam

Yemen

State of Palestine, Palestine

* Sea of Galilee

Taiwan

* Bitan, Bitan Lake * Changpi Lake * Chengcing Lake * Chiaming Lake * Cueifong Lake * Gugang Lake * Jinshi Lake * Lantan Lake * Liyu Lake * Longtan Lake * Meihua Lake * Milk Lake, Taiwan, Milk Lake * Sun Moon Lake * Zhongzheng Lake

Europe

International lakes of Europe

* Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Switzerland; Bodensee) * Dojran Lake (North Macedonia and Greece) * Lake Geneva (France, Switzerland; Lac Léman) * Lake Lugano (Switzerland, Italy) * Lake Maggiore (Switzerland, Italy; Lago Maggiore) * Lake Neusiedl (Neusiedler See)/Fertő (Austria, Hungary) * Lake Ohrid (North Macedonia, Albania; Liqeni i Ohrit) * Lake Peipsi-Pihkva (Estonia, Russia) * Lake Prespa, Lake Great Prespa (Albania, North Macedonia, Greece) * Lake Prespa, Lake Small Prespa (Albania, Greece) * Lake Scutari, Lake Skadar (Montenegro, Albania; Liqeni i Shkodrës) * Lake Vištytis (Lithuania, Russia) * Lago di Lei (an artificial lake created by a dam; the waters are mostly in Italy but the dam is in Switzerland).

Lists by country

Republic of Albania

* Lake Ohrid

Andorra

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

* Lake Sevan * Lake Lessing

Austria

* Ahornsee

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

* Lake Sarysu * Lake Ağgöl

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

* Lake Atanasovsko * Banderishki Lakes * Batak Reservoir * Lake Burgas * Dospat Reservoir * Lake Durankulak * Iskar Reservoir * 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 (country), Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

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

Iceland

Republic of Ireland, Ireland

Italy

* Lake Garda

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

Latvia

* Lake Lubāns * Lake Rāzna * Lake Engure

Liechtenstein

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

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

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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

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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

References

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