List of lakes

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

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• 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)

REFERENCES

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

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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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