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The following is a list of lakes of Italy. The
lake 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 large ...
s of
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
can be distinguished, depending on their location within the national territory, between pre-alpine, north-western, Apennine, Sicilian and
Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
n, in addition to
lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...
s and coastal lakes. They are generally named after the surrounding towns and often their capacity has been increased with the construction of dams, in order to create large water reserves to be used for the production of electricity. There are more than 1000 lakes in Italy, the largest of which is Garda (). The pre-alpine lakes are the largest and most important, because they constitute capacious basins, in which the alpine rivers restrain their impetus and purify their waters, depositing the transported materials. They also affect the local climate, mitigating it. Their waters fill the bottom of long valleys that flow into the
Po Valley The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain ( it, Pianura Padana , or ''Val Padana'') is a major geographical feature of Northern Italy. It extends approximately in an east-west direction, with an area of including its Venetic ex ...
. They are deep valleys, carved by glaciers, which once descended to the foot of the Alpine chain. Generally, their emissary rivers then flow into the
Po River The Po ( , ; la, Padus or ; Ligurian language (ancient), Ancient Ligurian: or ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is either or , if the Maira (river), Mair ...
. There are also lakes along the Italian coasts. They were formed by the wave motion of the sea, which, first of all in the inlets, accumulated sandy shores and dune strings, which closed the waters behind. In this way, the old marine inlets have been transformed into lakes.


Lakes with an area >


Alphabetical


A

* Lake Accesa (Lago dell'Accesa) * Lake Acerenza (Lago di Acerenza) * Acquato Lake (Lago Acquato) *
Agnel Lake Agnel Lake is a lake at Ceresole Reale in the Province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy, near the Nivolet Pass. The reservoir on the Orco The Orco ( pms, Eva d'òr, that is lit. ''Water of gold''; la, Orgus) is an Italian river. It originates in th ...
(Lago Agnel) *
Lake Albano Lake Albano (Italian: ''Lago Albano'' or ''Lago di Castel Gandolfo'') is a small volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills of Lazio, at the foot of Monte Cavo, southeast of Rome. Castel Gandolfo, overlooking the lake, is the site of the Papal Pa ...
(Lago Albano) * Alserio Lake (Lago di Alserio) * Lake Alto del Flumendosa (Lago Alto del Flumendosa) * Lake of Ampola (Lago d'Ampola) * Lake Ampollino (Lago Ampollino) * Lago dell'Ancipa * Angitola Lake (Lago dell'Angitola) *
Lago di Annone Lago di Annone (also called ''Lago di Oggiono'') is a lake in the Province of Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. It borders the municipalities of Annone di Brianza, Suello, Civate, Galbiate and Oggiono. Description The two peninsulas of Isella and Annone d ...
* Lago di Anterselva * Lago Arancio *
Lago di Ariamacina Lago di Ariamacina is a lake in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy. It is located in the La Sila range within Sila National Park. The Neto flows into and out of the lake. The lake is a reservoir built between 1953 and 1955 by d ...
* Lake of Arno (Lago d'Arno) *
Lago Arvo Lago Arvo is a lake in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy. It is located in La Sila east of Aprigliano and west of San Giovanni in Fiore. The lake is south of Lago di Ariamacina and Botte Donato and northwest of Ampollino Lake, Lago ...
*
Lake Avernus __NOTOC__ Lake Avernus ( it, Lago d'Averno) is a volcanic crater lake located in the Avernus crater in the Campania region of southern Italy, around west of Pozzuoli. It is near the volcanic field known as the Phlegraean Fields (') and comprises ...
(Lago d'Averno) * Aviasco lake (Lago di Aviasco) * Avigliana Lakes (Laghi di Avigliana)


B

* Baccio Lake (Lago Baccio) * Bagno lakes (Laghi di Bagno) * Lake Baratz (Lago di Baratz) * Lago del Barbellino *
Lake of Barbellino Naturale Lago del Barbellino Naturale is a lake in the municipality of Valbondione, Lombardy, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of ...
(Lago del Barbellino Naturale) *
Lake Barrea Lake Barrea, is an artificial lake in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. It is located within the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise. The Sangro is its inflow and outflow. To its northwest i ...
(Lago di Barrea) * Lake Beauregard (Lago di Beauregard) * Becco Lake (Lago del Becco) * Lake of Bianco (Valsesia) (Lago Bianco (Valsesia)) *
Lake Bilancino Lago di Bilancino is an artificial lake near Barberino di Mugello in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, made with a dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoir ...
(Lago di Bilancino) * Biviere Lake (Lago Biviere) *
Lake Bolsena Lake Bolsena ( it, Lago di Bolsena) is a lake of volcanic origin in the northern part of the province of Viterbo called ''Alto Lazio'' ("Upper Latium") or ''Tuscia'' in central Italy. It is the largest volcanic lake in Europe. Roman historic ...
(Lago di Bolsena) * Lago di Bomba * Bordaglia Lake (Lago di Bordaglia) *
Lake Bracciano Lake Bracciano ( it, Lago di Bracciano) is a lake of volcanic origin in the Italian region of Lazio, northwest of Rome. It is the second largest lake in the region (second only to Lake Bolsena) and one of the major lakes of Italy. It has a circu ...
(Lago di Bracciano) * Lake Braies (Lago di Braies) * Lake of Brugneto (Lago del Brugneto) * Lago di Burano *
Lago della Busalletta Lago della Busalletta is an artificial lake in northwest Italy which straddles the provinces of Genoa (in Liguria) and Alessandria (in Piedmont), near the towns of Fraconalto and Busalla Busalla is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan C ...


C

* Lake Caccamo (Lago di Caccamo) *
Stagno di Cagliari The Stagno di Santa Gilla, or Stagno di Cagliari (literally ‘Pool of Cagliari’), is a coastal lagoon at the mouths of the rivers Cixerri and Mannu near Cagliari, on the Golfo degli Angeli in southern Sardinia, Italy. It has been designated as ...
* Lake Caldaro (Lago di Caldaro) *
Lake Caldonazzo Lago di Caldonazzo is a lake in Trentino, Italy. At an elevation of 449 m, its surface area is 5.38 km². It is located in the valley communities of Alta Valsugana e Bersntol. Water sports like the canoe, the sail, wind surfing and water skii ...
(Lago di Caldonazzo) * Campelli Lake (Lago Campelli) *
Lake Campotosto Lago di Campotosto ("Toughfield Lake") is an artificial lake in Abruzzo, Italy. The reservoir is located at an elevation of 1,313 m and comprises an area of 14 square kilometres. It is located in the natural park known as the "Gran Sasso e Mo ...
(Lago di Campotosto) * Lago di Canterno *
Lago di Caprolace Lago di Caprolace is a lake in the Province of Latina, Lazio, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, a ...
* Lake Careser (Lago del Careser) * Lake Carezza (Lago di Carezza) *
Stagno di Casaraccio Ston () is a settlement and a municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located at the south of isthmus of the Pelješac peninsula. History Because of its geopolitical and strategic position, Ston has had a rich history since ant ...
* Lake Casoli (Lago di Casoli) * Lake Cavazzo (Lago di Cavazzo) * Lake Cecita (Lago di Cecita) *
Lago di Cei Lago di Cei (''Lach de Zéi'' in local dialect), is a lake in the ''comune'' of Villa Lagarina, not far from Rovereto in Trentino, northern Italy. The whole basin in which the lake lies was once occupied by a single, larger lake. After the latte ...
* Lago di Ceresole * Lake Chiauci (Lago di Chiauci) *
Lake Chiusi Lago di Chiusi is a lake in the Province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and i ...
(Lago di Chiusi) * Lake Cingoli (Lago di Cingoli) *
Lago di Coca Lago di Coca is a lake in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, ...
* Lake Coghinas (Lago del Coghinas) * Colombo Lake (Lago Colombo) * Lago di Comabbio *
Valli di Comacchio The Valli di Comacchio, meaning "fish basins of Comacchio", are a series of contiguous brackish lagoons situated to the south of Comacchio, close to the Adriatic coast of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. They lie within the comuni of ...
*
Lake Como Lake Como ( it, Lago di Como , ; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Lagh de Còmm , ''Cómm'' or ''Cùmm'' ), also known as Lario (; after the la, Larius Lacus), is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of , making it the thir ...
(Lago di Como or Lario) * Lake Comunelli (Lago Comunelli) *
Lago di Conza Lago di Conza is a reservoir in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is in the province of Avellino near the border with the province of Salerno and the province of Potenza. The Ofanto The Ofanto (), known in ancient times as Aufidus ...
* Laghetto delle Conche * Lake Corbara (Lago di Corbara) * Lake Costalovara (Lago di Costalovara) *
Lake of Cutilia Lacus Cutiliensis (Lake of Cutilia) is the ancient Roman name of the modern Lago di Paterno in the municipality of Castel Sant'Angelo, near the ancient Reate, now Rieti. In antiquity it was sacred to the Sabines. Varro, who came from Reate, call ...
(Lago di Cotilia)


D

* Lake Dietro la Torre (Lago Dietro la Torre) * Dirillo Lake (Lago Dirillo) * Disueri Lake (Lago Disueri) * Lake Dobbiaco (Lago di Dobbiaco) * Lake Duchessa (Lago della Duchessa)


E

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Lake Endine Lake Endine ( it, Lago d'Endine) is a lake of the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. Covering an area of 2.1 square kilometres, it is formed by the Cherio River at an altitude of 337 metres in the Val Cavallina. *
Fanaco Lake Lago Fanaco is an artificial lake in the Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterran ...
(Lago Fanaco) * Lake Favogna (Lago di Favogna) *
Lago di Fiastra Lago di Fiastra is a reservoir in the province of Macerata in the Marche region of Italy. It was created in 1955. The Fiastrone flows into the reservoir from the south and exits the reservoir in the northeast part of the lake. The lake is located ...
* Lake Fiè (Lago di Fiè) * Lake Fogliano (Lago di Fogliano) *
Lago di Fondi Lake Fondi ( it, Lago di Fondi, la, Lacus Fundanus, Lacus Amyclanus) is a brackish lake about to the southeast of Rome in the Province of Latina, Lazio, Italy, in the region called Sud or "South" Pontino, the western end of which is the Piana di ...
* Lake Fontana Bianca (Lago di Fontana Bianca) * Lake Fortezza (Lago di Fortezza) * Padule di Fucecchio *
Fusaro Lake Lake Fusaro ( it, Lago di Fusaro, la, Acherusia Palus, grc, Ἀχερουσία λίμνη, Acherousia limne) is a lake situated in the province of Naples, Italy, in the territory of the community of Bacoli. It is about from Baia, and about f ...
(Lago Fusaro) * Fusine lakes (Laghi di Fusine)


G

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Lago di Ganna Lago di Ganna is a lake at Valganna in the Province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 0,07 km² and a maximum depth of 3 m. It is part of a natural reserve. Geography It is located in the comune of Valganna. The lake has as an ...
* Garcia Lake (Lago Garcia) *
Lake Garda Lake Garda ( it, Lago di Garda or ; lmo, label=Eastern Lombard, Lach de Garda; vec, Ƚago de Garda; la, Benacus; grc, Βήνακος) is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, about halfway between ...
(Lago di Garda or Benaco) * Lake Garlate (Lago di Garlate) * Gattero Lake (Lago del Gattero) * Gelt Lake (Lago Gelt) * Gerundo Lake (Lago Gerundo) *
Lago di Ghirla Lago di Ghirla is a lake at Valganna in the Province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy. Geography Ghirla Lake is at 442 metres above sea level. Its affluent is river Margorabbia which is a subterranean river coming from Lake Ganna. Its maximal d ...
* Lake Giacopiane (Lago di Giacopiane) * Lake Gioveretto (Lago di Gioveretto) *
Laghi del Gorzente Laghi del Gorzente is a group of three lakes in north-west Italy which straddles the provinces of Genoa (in Liguria) and Alessandria (in Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 ...
* Lago di Guardialfiera * Gurrida Lake (Lago Gurrida) *
Gusana Gusana is the name of an artificial lake and of the surrounding area, in the territory of Gavoi, Sardinia, Italy. The lake was built in the 1930s to store water for an electricity generator (central of Coghinadordza), and it covered an ancient R ...
(Lago di Gusana)


I

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Lake Idro Lake Idro ( it, Lago d'Idro, also ''Eridio'' from la, Eridius lacus, lmo, Lac d'Ider, german: Idrosee) is an Italian prealpine lake of glacial origin situated largely within the Province of Brescia (Lombardy) and in part in Trentino. At 368 m ab ...
(Lago d'Idro or Eridio) *
Lake Iseo Lake Iseo or Iseo lake ( ; it, Lago d'Iseo ; lmo, Lach d'Izé, label=Eastern Lombard), also known as Sebino (; la, Sebinus), is the fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy, fed by the Oglio River. It is in the north of the country in the Val C ...
(Lago d'Iseo or Sebino)


L

* Lake Lamar (Lago di Lamar) * Lame Lake (Lago delle Lame) * Lake of Lases (Lago di Lases) * Laghi di Lavagnina *
La Vota Lake La Vota Lake is a lake in Gizzeria, Province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranea ...
(Lago La Vota) *
Lake Ledro Lago di Ledro is a lake in Trentino, northern Italy. The lake is at an elevation of , and its surface area is . Lake Ledro is reputed to be one of the cleanest lakes in Trentino, and during the summer it reaches a temperature of , attracting touri ...
(Lago di Ledro) *
Lago di Lentini The Lago di Lentini, also called Biviere, is a lake near Lentini in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. It is the largest lake on the island. History The origin of the lake is attributed to the Knights Templar between the end of the 12th and ...
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Lake Lesina Lake Lesina ( it, Lago di Lesina or ), situated in the north of Apulia between Tavoliere delle Puglie and the promontory of Gargano, is the ninth largest lake in Italy and the second largest in the southern part of the country. It is brackish, ab ...
(Lago di Lesina) * Lago di Levico * Lake Liscia (Lago Liscia) * Lago di Lucrino * Lake Lugano (Lago di Lugano) * Lake Lungo (Lago Lungo)


M

* Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore or Verbano) * Lago di Malciaussia * Lake Malgina (Lago della Malgina) * Mantova Lakes (Laghi di Mantova) * Marano Lagoon (Laguna di Marano) * Marcio Lake (Lago Marcio) * Lake Martignano (Lago di Martignano) * Lake Massaciuccoli (Lago di Massaciuccoli) * Lake Matese (Lago del Matese) * Maulazzo Lake (Lago Maulazzo) * Lake Meja (Lago della Meja) * Lake Mergozzo (Lago di Mergozzo) * Lake Mezzano (Lago di Mezzano) * Lago di Mezzola * Lake Miseno (Lago Miseno) * Lake Misurina (Lago di Misurina) * Lake Molveno (Lago di Molveno) * Lake Monaci (Lago dei Monaci) * Lake Monastero (Lago di Monastero) * Monate lake (Lago di Monate) * Lake of Montedoglio (Lago di Montedoglio) * Lake Montespluga (Lago di Montespluga) * Lago di Montepulciano * Lake Monterosi (Lago di Monterosi) * Montiggler Seen, Lake Monticolo (Lago di Monticolo) * Lago di Montorfano * Lake Morello (Lago Morello) * Lake Moro (Valle Brembana) (Lago Moro) * Lake Moro (Valle Camonica) (Lago Moro) * Lake of Morto (Lago Morto) * Mucrone Lake (Lago del Mucrone) * Lake Mulargia (Lago Mulargia)


N

* Nazioni lake (Lago delle Nazioni) * Lake Nemi (Lago di Nemi) * Lake Negrisiola (Lago di Negrisiola) * Lago Nero (Bergamo) * Lago Nero (Piacenza) * Neves-Stausee, Lago di Neves * Lake Nicito (Lago di Nicito) * Lake Val di Noci (Lago di Val di Noci) * Nicoletti Lake (Lago Nicoletti)


O

* Lake of Occhito (Lago di Occhito) * Lago di Ogliastro * Lake Olginate (Lago di Olginate) * Lake Olivo (Lago Olivo) * Lake Omodeo (Lago Omodeo) * Laguna di Orbetello * Lake Orta (Lago d'Orta or Cusio) * Lago di Ortiglieto * Lake Osiglia (Lago di Osiglia)


P

* Lago di Patria * Lake Penne (Lago di Penne) * Lago di Piana degli Albanesi * Lago delle Piane * Piano lake (Lago di Piano) * Lake Pian Palù (Lago di Pian Palù) * Lake Piatto (Lago Piatto) * Stagno di Pilo * Lake Place-Moulin (Lago di Place-Moulin) * Lago di Piediluco * Lake of Pietra del Pertusillo (Lago di Pietra del Pertusillo) * Lake Pietrafitta (Lago di Pietrafitta) * Lago di Pilato * Pio Lake (Lago Pio) * Pergusa Lake (Lago Pergusa) * Poggio Perotto lake (Lago di Poggio Perotto) * Stagno di Platamona * Lake Pontechianale (Lago di Pontechianale) * Lake Pontesei (Lago di Pontesei) * Lake Porta (Lago di Porta) * Lago di Posta Fibreno * Pozzillo Lake (Lago Pozzillo) * Lake Prile (Lago Prile) * Prizzi Lake (Lago di Prizzi) * Lake Provvidenza (Lago di Provvidenza) * Lake Puccini (Lago Puccini) * Lake of Pusiano (Lago di Pusiano)


Q

* Lake Quaira (Lago di Quaira)


R

* Lake of Rascino (Lago di Rascino) * Ravasanella lake (Lago Ravasanella) * Reschensee, Lake Resia (Lago di Resia) * Revine Lago lakes (Laghi di Revine Lago) * Lake Ripasottile (Lago di Ripasottile) * Lake Rochemolles (Lago di Rochemolles) * Lake Rossa (Lago della Rossa)


S

* Lake Sabetta (Lago Sabetta) * Lake of Salarno (Lago di Salarno) * Salso Lake (Lago Salso) * Lago del Salto * Lago di San Casciano * San Floriano lake (Lago di San Floriano) * Lago di San Giuliano * Haidersee, Lago di San Valentino alla Muta * Lake Santa Croce (Lago di Santa Croce) * Santa Croce Lake (Lago di Santa Croce) * Stagno di Santa Giusta * Lago di Santa Giustina * Lago di Santa Rosalia * Santo Lake (Modena), Santo Lake (Lago Santo) * Sassi Neri lake (Laghetto di Sassi Neri) * Scaffaiolo Lake (Lago Scaffaiolo) * Lago di Scandarello * Lago di Scanno * Lake Scanzano (Lago Scanzano) * Lago del Segrino * Lago di Serra del Corvo * Lago della Serraia * Serrù Lake (Lago Serrù) * Lake of Sibolla (Lago di Sibolla) * Lake Sinizzo (Lago Sinizzo) * Lake Sirio (Lago Sirio) * Spronser Lakes, Laghi di Sopranes


T

* Lake of Tafone (Lago del Tafone) * Lake Talvacchia (Lago di Talvacchia) * Telese Lake (Lago di Telese) * Lago di Tenno * Lake Terlago (Lago di Terlago) * Terra Nera lake (Laghetto di Terra Nera) * Lago di Toblino * Torbido Lake (Lago Torbido) * Lago di Tovel * Lake Trasimeno (Lago Trasimeno) * Trearie Lake (Lago Trearie) * Lago di Trebecco * Lake Trinità (Lago della Trinità) * Lake of Trote (Lago delle Trote) * Lago del Turano * Turchino Lake (Lago Turchino)


V

* Lago della Vacca * Lake Valdaora (Lago di Valdaora) * Lago di Val di Noci * Durnholzer See, Lago di Valdurna * Lake Valvestino (Lago di Valvestino) * Lake Varano (Lago di Varano) * Lake Varese (Lago di Varese) * Lake Varna (Lago di Varna) * Lago della Vecchia * Venetian Lagoon (Laguna di Venezia) * Lake Ventina (Lago di Ventina) * Vernagt-Stausee, Lago di Vernago * Verney Lake (Lago Verney) * Lake Vico (Lago di Vico) * Lago di Viverone


Z

* Lake Zoccolo (Lago di Zoccolo)


Notes


See also

*Italian Lakes *Fucine Lake


External links


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