List of lakes See also: List of lakes by country
1.2.2 Cameroon • Lake Awing
For rank-order lists, see List of lakes by area, List of lakes by depth, List of lakes by volume.
• Lake Bambili • Lake Bamendjing
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Africa
1.1
• Lake Bankim • Lake Barombi Mbo
Great Lakes of Africa
• Lake Edip
• Lake Albert (Mobuto-Sese-Seko)
• Lake Lagdo
• Lake Chad
• Lake Mbakaou • Lake Kendall
• Lake Edward
• Muanenguba Lakes (Twin Lakes)
• Lake Fianga
• Lake Nyos
• Lake Kariba
• Lake Oku
• Lake Kivu
• Lake Wum
• Lake Mweru
• Lake Monoun
• Lake Nasser (Lake Nubia in Sudan)
1.2.3 Ghana
• Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
• Lake Volta
• Lake Tanganyika 1.2.4 Madagascar
• Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf or Rudolph)
• Lake Alaotra
• Lake Victoria shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
• Lake Bedo • Lake Itasy
• Oguta Lake (Imo State, Nigeria)
• Lake Ihotry • Lake Kinkony
See also: Great Lakes of Africa, Rift Valley lakes
• Lake Tritriva
1.2 1.2.1
Lists by country
• Lake Tsimanampetsotsa • Lakes Manambolomaty
Botswana
• Makadikadi Basin
1.2.5 Malawi
• Lake Ngami
• Lake Chilwa 1
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3 ASIA
1.2.6
Mozambique
• Cabora Bassa Lake
3.2.3 Nepal • Fewa Lake • Rara Lake
1.2.7
Nigeria
• Kainji Lake • Oguta Lake
• Rupa Lake • Begnas Lake • Shey phoksundo lake 3.2.4 India
1.2.8
Sudan Main article: List of lakes of India
• Roseires Reservoir • Lake Nubia (southern reaches of Lake Nasser)
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Antarctica
There are around 400 lakes under the ice of Antarctica.[1] • Basalt Lake • Don Juan Pond • Lake Brownworth • Lake Vanda
View of Lake Tsongmo, India
• Lake Vida
• Avalanche Lake
• Lake Vostok
• Dal Lake
• Lake Whillans
• Emerald Lake • Chandra Taal
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Asia
• Nainital Lake • Sheshnag Lake
3.1
International lakes in Asia
• Pangong Tso
• Suraj Tal • Tso Moriri • Tsongmo Lake
3.2 3.2.1
Lists by country Afghanistan
• Gowd-e-Zereh
• Chilka Lake 3.2.5 Iran • Caspian Sea • Lake Urmia
3.2.2
Bangladesh
• Kaptai Lake
• Gavkhouni • Hamun Lake
3.2
Lists by country
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• Namak Lake
• Köl-Suu
• Bakhtegan Lake
• Kel-Ter Lake
• Maharloo Lake
• Kulun Lake
• Hamun Lake
• Kylaa-Kel
• Zarivar Lake
• Okurgen Lake • Lake Sary-Chelek
3.2.6
Iraq
• Merzbacher Lake
• Lake Habbaniyah (Hawr al Habbaniyah)
• Sary-Kel
• Lake Milh (Bahr al Milh)
• Song Kol Lake
• Lake Tharthar (Buhayrat ath Tharthar)
• Tash-Bulak Lake
• Sawa lake 3.2.10 Pakistan 3.2.7
Kazakhstan
Main article: List of lakes of Pakistan
• Lake Alakol • Lake Balkhash
• Banjosa Lake
• Chagan Lake
• Phander Lake
• Kaindy Lake
• Khalti Lake
• Lake Sasykkol
• Karambar Lake
• Lake Tengiz
• Keenjhar lake
• Lake Zaysan
• Kundol Lake • lulusar lake
3.2.8
North Korea and South Korea
Main article: List of lakes of Korea
• Manchar Lake • Rush Lake • Lake Saiful Muluk
3.2.9
Kyrgyzstan
• Ala-Kul • Besh-Tash Lake • Chatyr-Kul • Issyk Kul
• Sadpara Lake • Shangrila lake 3.2.11 Syria • Lake Assad
• Jashyl Kel
3.2.12 Taiwan
• Juukuchak Lake
Main article: List of lakes of Taiwan
• Kara-Suu Lake • Kapka Tash Lake
• Bitan Lake
• Kara-Toko Lake
• Changpi Lake
• Kashka-Suu Lake
• Chengcing Lake
• Kel-Ukek
• Chiaming Lake
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EUROPE
• Lake Ohrid (Republic of Macedonia, Albania) • Lake Peipsi-Pihkva (Estonia, Russia) • Lake Great Prespa (Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Greece) • Lake Small Prespa (Albania, Greece) • Lake Skadar (Montenegro, Albania) • Lake Vištytis (Lithuania, Russia)
Chiaming Lake in Taitung County, Taiwan.
• Lago di Lei (an artificial lake created by a dam; the waters are mostly in Italy but the dam is in Switzerland).
• Cueifong Lake
4.2 Lists by country
• Gugang Lake
4.2.1 Armenia
• Jinshi Lake • Lantan Lake • Liyu Lake • Longtan Lake • Meihua Lake • Milk Lake • Sun Moon Lake • Zhongzheng Lake 3.2.13
Russia
• Lake Baikal
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Europe
See also: List of largest lakes of Europe
4.1
International lakes in Europe
• Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Switzerland; Bodensee) • Dojran Lake (Republic of 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 Sevan • Lake Lessing 4.2.2 Azerbaijan • Lake Sarysu • Lake Ağgöl 4.2.3 Cyprus • Larnaca Salt Lake • Limassol Salt Lake 4.2.4 Hungary • Lake Balaton • Lake Tisza • Lake Velencei • Lake Hévíz • Lake Vadkert 4.2.5 Latvia • Lake Burtnieks 4.2.6 Republic of Albania • Lake Ohrid
5.2 4.2.7
Lists by country Slovakia
• Morské oko • Štrbské pleso • Zemplínska šírava • Zlaté Piesky • Blatné 4.2.8
Spain
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5.2 Lists by country 5.2.1 El Salvador • Lago de Coatepeque (Coatepeque Lake) • Lago De Ilopango (Ilopango Lake) • Laguna De Güija (Güija Lake) • Laguna Verde • Laguna de Alegria
• Lake of Banyoles
• Olomega Lake
• El Atazar Dam
• Suchitlan Lake
• Estanys de Baiau • Lakes of Covadonga • Embalse de Navacerrada • Sanabria Lake Natural Park
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North and Central America
5.2.2 Honduras • Lake Yojoa 5.2.3 Nicaragua • Lake Apanás • Lake Nicaragua (Lake Cocibolca)
5.1
International lakes in North America
• Lake Champlain in Quebec, Canada and New York, Vermont in the USA
• Lake Managua • Laguna de Apoyo
• Lake Erie in Ontario, Canada and Michigan, New 5.2.4 Panama York, Ohio, Pennsylvania in the USA • Lago Bayano • Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada and Michigan in the USA • Gatun Lake • Lake Memphremagog a 40-mile long glacial lake that extends from Vermont into Canada 5.2.5 USA • Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada and New York in Main article: List of lakes in the United States the USA • Lake St Clair in Ontario, Canada and Michigan in the USA • Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada and Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin in the USA
• Lake Michigan • Great Salt Lake
• Lake of the Woods in Minnesota, USA; Manitoba, Ontario, Canada
6 South America
• Salt Lake in northeastern Montana, USA; known as Alkali Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada
6.1 International lakes in South America
• Boundary Lake in North Dakota, USA; Manitoba, Canada • Rainy Lake in Minnesota, USA; Ontario, Canada • Waterton Lake in Alberta, Canada; Montana, USA See also: North American Great Lakes
• 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)
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11 • 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)
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10 See also • List of lakes by area • List of lakes by depth • List of lakes by volume • List of lakes named after people
6.2 6.2.1
Lists by country Peru
• Lake Titicaca • Quñuqqucha 6.2.2
Suriname
• Brokopondo Reservoir 6.2.3
Venezuela
• Guri (man-made) • Lake Maracaibo (sometimes considered a sea) • Lake Valencia
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Oceania
7.1
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Lists by country
Former lakes
See also: List of prehistoric lakes
• Lake Agassiz • Lake Ballivián • Lake Hula • Lop Nur • Owens Lake • Tulare Lake
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Extraterrestrial Lakes Titan
Main article: Lakes of Titan
11 References [1] See map in Peter Aldhous (Aug 23, 2014). “First samples of Antarctic lake reveal thriving life”. New Scientist: 12. Archived from the original on Aug 23, 2014.
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