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List of lakes

Summary

This list of lakes includes those which are among the largest by area, depth, volume, or have cultural or environmental significance.

Africa edit

Great Lakes of Africa edit

Lists by country edit

Algeria edit

Angola edit

Benin edit

Botswana edit

Burkina Faso edit

Cameroon edit

Cape Verde edit


Central African Republic edit


Chad edit

Comoros edit


Democratic Republic of the Congo edit

Republic of the Congo edit

Djibouti edit

Egypt edit

Equatorial Guinea edit


Eritrea edit


Eswatini edit


Ethiopia edit

Gabon edit


The Gambia edit


Ghana edit

Guinea edit


Guinea-Bissau edit

Ivory Coast edit

Kenya edit

Lesotho edit

Liberia edit


Libya edit

Madagascar edit

Malawi edit

Mali edit

Mauritania edit

Mauritius edit

Morocco edit

Mozambique edit

Namibia edit

Niger edit

Nigeria edit

Rwanda edit

São Tomé and Príncipe edit


Senegal edit

Seychelles edit


Sierra Leone edit

Somalia edit


South Africa edit

South Sudan edit

Sudan edit

Tanzania edit

Togo edit


Tunisia edit

Uganda edit

Zambia edit

Zimbabwe edit

Antarctica edit

There are hundreds of lakes deep below the ice of Antarctica.[1]

Asia edit

International lakes of Asia edit

  • Lake Baikal – 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 5,315 feet (1,620 m), and the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 20% of the planet's fresh water. An elongated lake, it has a maximum width of 60 miles (97 km) with an approximate length of 389 miles (626 km), and is fed by more than 300 rivers and streams.[2]
  • 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 371,000 square kilometres (143,000 sq mi), with a maximum depth of 1,025 metres (3,363 ft).[2]
  • Aral Sea – 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)[3] is now almost totally polluted by fertilizer runoff, Soviet weapon testing residue and industrial projects,[2] leading to it being called "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters".[4]

Lists by country edit

Afghanistan edit

Armenia edit

Azerbaijan edit

Bahrain edit


Bangladesh edit

Bhutan edit

Brunei edit

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Cambodia edit

 
Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia

China edit

Cyprus edit

East Timor edit


Georgia (country)|Georgia edit

India edit

Indonesia edit

Iran edit

Iraq edit

Israel edit

Japan edit

Jordan edit

Kazakhstan edit

North Korea edit

South Korea edit

Kuwait edit


Kyrgyzstan edit

Laos edit

Lebanon edit

Malaysia edit

Maldives edit


Mongolia edit

Myanmar edit

Nepal edit

Oman edit


Pakistan edit

 
Lake Saiful Muluk, Kaghan Valley, Pakistan
 
Rush Lake (Pakistan), the highest lake in Pakistan and 27th-highest in the world[5]

Philippines edit

Qatar edit

Russia edit

Saudi Arabia edit

Singapore edit

Sri Lanka edit

Syria edit

Tajikistan edit

Thailand edit

Turkey edit

Turkmenistan edit

United Arab Emirates| United Arab Emirates - UAE edit

Uzbekistan edit

Vietnam edit

Yemen edit


State of Palestine|Palestine edit

Taiwan edit

 
Chiaming Lake in Taitung County, Taiwan

Europe edit

International lakes of Europe edit

Lists by country edit

Albania edit

Andorra edit

Armenia edit

Austria edit

Azerbaijan edit

Belarus edit

Belgium edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

Bulgaria edit

Croatia edit

Cyprus edit

Czech Republic edit

Denmark edit

Estonia edit

Finland edit

France edit

Georgia edit

Germany edit

Greece edit

Hungary edit

Iceland edit

Ireland edit

Italy edit

Kazakhstan edit

Latvia edit

Liechtenstein edit

Lithuania edit

Luxembourg edit

Malta edit


Moldova edit

Monaco edit


Montenegro edit

Netherlands edit

North Macedonia edit

Norway edit

Poland edit

Portugal edit

Romania edit

Russia edit

San Marino edit


Serbia edit

Slovakia edit

Slovenia edit

Spain edit

Sweden edit

Switzerland edit

Turkey edit

Ukraine edit

United Kingdom edit

North and Central America edit

International lakes of North America edit

Listed in order of occurrence from easternmost border terminus to the westernmost

Lists by country edit

Antigua and Barbuda edit


Bahamas edit

Barbados edit


Belize edit


Canada edit

Costa Rica edit

Cuba edit

Dominica edit

Dominican Republic edit

El Salvador edit

Grenada edit

Guatemala edit

Haiti edit

Honduras edit

Jamaica edit


Mexico edit

Nicaragua edit

Panama edit

Saint Kitts and Nevis edit


Saint Lucia edit


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines edit


Trinidad and Tobago edit

United States edit

 
The Great Lakes on June 23, 2022, from the International Space Station

Oceania edit

Lists by country edit

Australia edit

Federated States of Micronesia edit


Fiji edit


Kiribati edit


Marshall Islands edit


Nauru edit

New Zealand edit

Palau edit

Papua New Guinea edit

Samoa edit


Solomon Islands edit


Tonga edit

Tuvalu edit


Vanuatu edit

Wallis and Futuna edit

South America edit

International lakes of South America edit

Lists by country edit

Argentina edit

Bolivia edit

Brazil edit

Chile edit

Colombia edit

Ecuador edit

Guyana edit

Paraguay edit

Peru edit

Suriname edit


Uruguay edit

Venezuela edit

Former lakes edit

Extraterrestrial lakes edit

Titan edit

See also edit

References edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakes.
  1. ^ See map in Aldhous, Peter (August 23, 2014). "First samples of Antarctic lake reveal thriving life". New Scientist: 12. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(14)61609-2. Archived from the original on August 23, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Lakes of Asia, Landforms of Asia – Worldatlas.com". WorldAtlas. Reunion Technology Inc. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Micklin, Philip; Aladin, Nikolay V. (April 2008). "Reclaiming the Aral Sea". Scientific American. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
  4. ^ "Aral Sea 'one of the planet's worst environmental disasters'". The Daily Telegraph. London. April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  5. ^ "The Highest Lake in the World". highestlake.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.