List of
lakes in
Russia
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Arakhley
Arakhley (russian: Арахлей) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Chitinsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, located on the southwest bank of Arakhley Lake, from Chita. Population: 306 (2002).
There are many tourist attractions nearby. A ...
(Арахле́й)
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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 Rep ...
(Байкал)
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Baunt
Baunt (russian: Баунт; bxr, Баунт нуур, ''Baunt nuur'') is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia.
The village of Kurort Baunt, where there are some hot springs, is located on the southwest ...
(Баунт)
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Beloye, Ryazan Oblast (Белое)
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Beloye, Vologda Oblast (Белое)
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Bokon (Бокон)
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Bolshoye Morskoye (Большое Морское)
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Bolshoye Toko
The Bolshoye Toko () is a lake in Sakha, Russia. It has a surface of and a catchment area of . Its outflow is the Mulam river, part the Uchur River basin. The lake is located in the Aldan Highlands, on the border of Sakha Republic and Khabarov ...
(Большое Токо)
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Bolshoy Yeravna (Большо́е Ера́вное)
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Bolshoye Topolnoye
Bolshoye Topolnoye (russian: Большое Топольное), meaning "big poplar", is a lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Altai Krai, south-central Russia.Google Earth
Its waters are slightly saline. There are no settlem ...
(Большое Топольное)
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Botkul
Botkul ( kk, Боткөл; russian: Боткуль) is a bittern salt lake in the Kazakhstan–Russia border.
There is no salt mining at the lake. Its waters have a bitter, stinging taste and a strong smell of hydrogen sulfide. The authorities ...
(Боткуль)
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Brosno
Lake Brosno is a lake situated in the European part of Russia, in the Tver region, near the town of Andreapol. It is the place where the Brosno dragon
The Brosno dragon, also known as ''Brosnya'' (Russian: Бросня), is a lake monster wh ...
(Бросно)
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Busani
Busani (russian: Бусани) is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The name originated in the Evenki language, meaning "where people drown".
There are spectacular rock formations on the southeas ...
(Бусани)
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Bustakh (Бустах)
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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 ...
(Каспийское море)
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Chany
Chany (russian: Ча́ны) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Chanovsky District of Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning E ...
(Чаны)
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Chukchagir (Чукчагирское)
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Chyortovo (Чёртово)
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Dorong
Dorong (russian: Доронг) is a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The name originated in an Evenki word.
Dorong is a natural monument of Russia because of its landscapes. The valley of the lake acts as a cor ...
(Доронг)
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Lake Dynda
Lake Dynda () is a freshwater lake in Turukhansky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The lake is located in the Upper Taz Nature Reserve.
Geography
The lake lies in the basin of the Taz river, close to its source, and near the basin of the Yelo ...
(Дында)
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Ebeyty
Ebeyty (russian: Эбейты) is a salt lake in Omsk Oblast, Russian Federation.
The Kazakhstan–Russia border lies about to the southeast of the lake. Ebeyty lies at the tripoint of Moskalensky, Poltavsky and Isilkulsky districts. The wat ...
(Эбейты)
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Ekityki
The Ekityki (russian: Экитыки) is a stream located in Chukotka, in Far East Siberia. It belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The easternmost remains of woolly ...
(Экитыки)
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Elgygytgyn (Эльгыгы́тгын)
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Emanda
Lake Emanda ( or Эманджа, sah, Эмандьа, ''Emanca'') is a freshwater lake in Tomponsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia. The lake is located in a desolate area where there is no permanent population and few visitors. There are burbot ...
(Эмандьа)
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Evoron
Lake Evoron () is a large freshwater lake in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the Gorin river basin, part of the Amur basin.
It has an area of 194 square kilometres, and is 30 km long and 12 km wide. Its average depth is about ...
(Эвopон)
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Eyik
Eyik (russian: Эйик; sah, Ээйик, ''Eeyik'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Shologonsky National Rural Okrug of Olenyoksky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, locate ...
(Эйик)
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Ilirney (Илирней)
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Ilmen (Ильмень)
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Imandra
Imandra (russian: Имандра) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, Selo'') in Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Olenegorsk municipality of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located on the eastern sh ...
(Имандра)
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Ioni (Иони)
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Isinga
Isinga (russian: Исинга; bua, Иисэнгэ, ''Iisenge'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Isinginskoye Rural Settlement, Yeravninsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 911 as of 2017. ...
(Исинга)
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Ivan-Arakhley Lake System
Ivan-Arakhley Lake System (russian: Ивано-Арахлейские озёра) is a group of fresh water bodies in the Chita District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The villages of Arakhley, Tasei and Preobrazhenka are located near the lakes.
Th ...
(Ивано-Арахлейские озёра)
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Jack London
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(Озеро Джека Лондона)
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Kapylyushi
Kapylyushi (russian: Капылюши) or Kapylyushy is a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The name originated in an Evenki word.
The lake is located in the northwestern corner of the Vitim Plateau, near the l ...
(Капылюши)
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Kenon (Кенон)
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Keta
Keta is a coastal town in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Keta Municipal District.
Keta was an important trading post between the 14th and the late 20th centuries. The town attracted the interest of the Danish, because they f ...
(Keta)
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Kezanoi (Кезеной-Ам)
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Khanka (Ханка)
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Khantayskoye (Хантайское)
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Khummi (Хумми)
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Kizi (Кизи)
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Koolen
Koolen ( esx, Koglu, label=Eskimo–Aleut) is a lake of Chukotsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
Its name originated in the Chukchi word ''Koolёn'', a fault or deep chasm.Boris Zhulanov. ''My Stern, Gentle Koolen'' - Ural pathfin ...
(Коолень)
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Krasnoye, Leningrad Oblast (Красное)
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Krasnoye, Chukotka (Красное)
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Kronotskoye (Кроноцкое)
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Kubenskoye (Кубенское)
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Kuchuk (Кучукское)
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Kulunda
Kulunda (russian: Кулунда) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kulundinsky District of Altai Krai, Russia. Population: It is located on the Kazakhstan–Russia border.
Geography
The village is located in the are ...
(Кулундинское)
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Labaz (Лабаз)
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Ladoga (Ладожское)
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Lama
Lama (; "chief") is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term ''guru'', meaning "heavy one", endowed with qualities the student will eventually embody. The Tibetan word "lama" means "hi ...
(Лама)
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Lovozero (Ловозеро)
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Maly Yeravna
Maly Yeravna (russian: Малое Еравное; bxr, Бага Ярууна) is a fresh water body in the Yeravninsky District, Buryatia, Russia. There are two inhabited places by the lake, Tuldun in the northwestern shore and Shiringa in the ...
(Малое Еравное)
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Nedzheli
Nedzheli (russian: Ниди́ли or Ниджили; sah, Нидьили, ''Nicili'') is a lake in Kobyaysky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.
The lake is a protected area of regional significance. Geography
Nedzheli is located near t ...
(Ниди́ли)
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Neito
Neito (russian: Нейто) is a freshwater lake group in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.Google Earth
The water in the lakes is cleaner than in Lake Baikal. Neito is a traditional sacred site for the Nenets, the indigenous people of the ...
(Нейто)
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Nero
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(Неро)
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Nerpichye (Нерпичье)
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Nichatka
Nichatka (russian: Ничатка; evn, нича) is a fresh water body in the Kalarsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The lake has an area of . The name of the lake comes from the Evenki language word for "fish".
Nichatka is located to th ...
(Ничатка)
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Numto
Numto (russian: Нумто) is a freshwater lake in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Google Earth
The village of Numto, part of the Kazym rural settlement, is located at the southwestern of the lake by its shore. Historically it was the ...
(Нумто)
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Omuk-Kyuyol (Омук-Кюёль)
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Onega (Онежское)
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Orel (Орель)
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Oron
Oron may refer to:
"Light" or someone that is "being able" or "capable" of doing anything posible or impossible.
*Oron people a multi ethnic group of people living In the lower Cross River basin.
*Oron Nation, one of the major states in the old Ca ...
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Orotko
Orotko (russian: Оротко; sah, Оротко) is a freshwater lake in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.
Orotko is one of the largest lakes in the Ust-Yansky District. The nearest inhabited place is Tumat, located about to the southeas ...
(Оротко)
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Ozhogino (Ожогино)
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Pleshcheyevo (Плещеево)
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Peipus (Чудско-Псковское)
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Pekulney (Пекульнейское озеро)
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Pyakuto (Пякуто)
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Pyasino
Lake Pyasino (russian: Пясино) is a large freshwater lake in Krasnoyarsk Krai, north-central part of Russia. It is located at and has an area of 735 km². Many rivers empty into the lake, including the Ambarnaya. Water from the lake emer ...
(Пясино)
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Segozero (Сегозеро)
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Seliger (Селигер)
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Shalkar-Yega-Kara
Shalkar-Yega-Kara (russian: Шалкар-Ега-Кара) is a lake in Orenburg Oblast, Russian Federation.
The lake is located in the Svetlinsky District, close to the Kazakhstan–Russia border. Svetly village lies close to the northern sh ...
(Шалкар-Ега-Кара)
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Soluntakh
Soluntakh (russian: Солунтах; sah, Солунтах, ''Soluntax'') is a freshwater lake in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.
It is one of the largest lakes in the Allaikhovsky District. The region where Soluntakh lies is uninhabited.
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Suturuokha (Сутуруоха)
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Svetloyar (Светлояр)
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Syamozero (Сямозеро)
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Tabanda (Табанда)
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Taimyr (Таймыр)
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Tandovo
Tandovo (russian: Тандово) is a lake in Barabinsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, south-central Russia. Google Earth
Its waters are slightly saline. The Sugun Peninsula is a tongue of land projecting into the northern end of the lake from ...
(Тандово)
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Telemba (Телемба)
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Teletskoye (Телецкое)
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Tenis
Tenis (russian: Тенис), is a lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Omsk Oblast, south-central Russia.
The lake is an Important Bird Area, especially for the Dalmatian pelican, and is part of a protected area. The name is p ...
(Тенис)
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Topozero (Топозеро)
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Tytyl (Тытыль)
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Ubinskoye (Убинское)
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Ulakhan-Kyuel
Ulakhan-Kyuel, also spelled as ''Ulakhan-Kyuyel'' or ''Ulakhan-Kyuyol'' (russian: Улахан кюэль, Улахан Кюель or Улахан-Кюёль; sah, Улахан Күөл, ''Ulaxan Küöl'') is a lake in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia ...
(Улахан кюэль)
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Uvs Nuur
Uvs Lake ( mn, Увс нуур, Uws nuur, ; russian: Озеро Убсу-Нур, Ozero Ubsu-Nur; zh, 乌布苏湖, wū bù sū hú, pinyin: ''Wū Bù Sū hú'') is a highly saline lake in an endorheic basin— Uvs Nuur Basin in Mongolia with a ...
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Valdayskoye (Валдайское)
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Vistytis (Виштынецкое озеро)
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Vivi (Ви́ви)
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Yeravna-Khorga Lake System
Yeravna-Khorga Lake System (russian: Еравно-Хоргинской системы озёр) is a group of relatively shallow fresh water bodies in the Yeravninsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The villages of Isinga, Khorga, Tuldun, Gunda, Repub ...
(Еравно-Хоргинской системы озёр)
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Yessey
Yessey (russian: Ессе́й, sah, Дьэһэй) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Evenkiysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Yessey.
History
The historian of Siberia, B.O. Dolgikh, writes that in 16 ...
(Ессей)
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Zyuratkul
Zyuratkul (; ba, Йөрәккүл) is a freshwater lake in Satkinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
The name "Zyuratkul" comes from the Bashkir ''"yöräk/kul"'' (йөрәк/күл), meaning "heart/lake".
In 1993 the Zyuratkul Natio ...
(Зюраткуль)
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References
{{Europe topic, List of lakes of
Russia
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Lakes