List of lakes
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This list of lakes includes those which are among the largest by area, depth, volume, or have cultural or environmental significance.
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Africa
Great Lakes of Africa
- Lake Albert (Mobuto-Sese-Seko)
- Lake Chad
- Lake Edward
- Lake Fianga
- Lake Kariba
- Lake Kivu
- Lake Tana
- Lake Mweru
- Lake Nasser (Lake Nubia in Sudan)
- Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf or Rudolph)
- Lake Victoria shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
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Algeria
- Chott Ech Chergui
- Chott el Hodna
- Lake of Fetzara
- Lake Akfadou
- Réghaïa lake
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Angola
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Benin
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Botswana
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Cameroon
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File:Lake Awing 2.jpg Lake AwingA view of Lake Awing located in the North West Region of Cameroon File:The Lake Bambili.jpg Lake BambiliLake Bambili, Cameroon - Lake Bamendjing
- Lake Bankim
File:Full extent, Lake Barombi.jpg Lake BarombiFull extent of Lake Barombi, Cameroon - Lake Edip
- Lake Kendall
- Lake Lagdo
- Lake Mbakaou
File:Monoun.jpg Lake MonounLake Monoun, Cameroon File:Lac Manengoumba4.jpg Muanenguba Lakes (Twin Lakes)Lake Manengouba, Cameroon - Lake Nyos
File:Lake Oku Cameroon.jpg Lake OkuLake Oku, Cameroon - Lake Wum
Cape Verde
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Central African Republic
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Chad
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Comoros
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Republic of the Congo
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Djibouti
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Egypt
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Ethiopia
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Gabon
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The Gambia
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Ghana
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Guinea
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Guinea-Bissau
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Ivory Coast
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Kenya
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Lesotho
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Liberia
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Libya
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Madagascar
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- Lake Alaotra
- Lake Bedo
- Lake Itasy
- Lake Ihotry
- Lake Kinkony
- Lake Tritriva
- Lake Tsimanampetsotsa
- Lakes Manambolomaty
Malawi
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Mali
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Mauritius
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Morocco
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Namibia
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Niger
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Nigeria
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Rwanda
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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Senegal
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Seychelles
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Sierra Leone
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Somalia
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South Africa
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South Sudan
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Sudan
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- Roseires Reservoir
- Lake No
- Lake Nubia (southern reaches of Lake Nasser)
Tanzania
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Togo
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- Lake Togo
Tunisia
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Uganda
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Zambia
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Antarctica
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- Basalt Lake
- Lake Brownworth
- Don Juan Pond
- Parochlus Lake
- Penny Lake
- Lake Pewe
- Lake Vanda
- Lake Vida
- Lake Vostok
- Lake Whillans
Asia
International lakes of Asia
- 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 Template:Convert, and the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 20% of the planet's fresh water. An elongated lake, it has a maximum width of Template:Convert with an approximate length of Template:Convert, and is fed by more than 300 rivers and streams.<ref name="WorldAtlas-Asia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 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 Template:Convert, with a maximum depth of Template:Convert.<ref name="WorldAtlas-Asia" />
- 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)<ref name="sciam">Template:Cite news</ref> is now almost totally polluted by fertilizer runoff, Soviet weapon testing residue and industrial projects,<ref name="WorldAtlas-Asia" /> leading to it being called "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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India
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- Avalanche Lake
- Dal Lake
- Emerald Lake
- Chandra Taal
- Nainital Lake
- Sheshnag Lake
- Suraj Tal
- Tso Moriri
- Tsongmo Lake
- Chaluk lake
- Chilka Lake
- Shanti Sagara
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- Lake Habbaniyah (Hawr al Habbaniyah)
- Lake Milh (Bahr al Milh)
- Lake Tharthar (Buhayrat ath Tharthar)
- Sawa lake
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- Ala Köl
- Besh-Tash Lake
- Chatyr-Kul
- Issyk-Kul
- Jashyl Köl
- Juukuchak Lake
- Kapka Tash Lake
- Kara-Suu Lake
- Köl-Suu
- Költör Lake
- Kölükök
- Kulun Lake
- Kylaköl
- Ökürgön Lake
- Lake Sary-Chelek
- Merzbacher Lake
- Saryköl
- Song Köl Lake
Laos
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Mongolia
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Myanmar
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Nepal
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- Fewa Lake
- Rara Lake
- Rupa Lake
- Begnas Lake
- Shey phoksundo lake
- Tilicho Lake
- Gosaikunda Lake
Oman
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- Attabad Lake
- Ansoo Lake
- Banjosa Lake
- Dudipatsar Lake
- Hanna Lake
- Karambar Lake
- Kundol Lake
- Lulusar Lake
- Mahodand Lake
- Payee Lake
- Pyala Lake
- Shangrila Lake
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Taiwan
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- Bitan Lake
- Changpi Lake
- Chengcing Lake
- Chiaming Lake
- Cueifong Lake
- Gugang Lake
- Jinshi Lake
- Lantan Lake
- Liyu Lake
- Longtan Lake
- Meihua Lake
- Milk Lake
- Sun Moon Lake
- Zhongzheng Lake
Europe
International lakes of Europe
- Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Switzerland; Bodensee)
- Dojran Lake (North 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 Ohrid (North Macedonia, Albania; Liqeni i Ohrit)
- Lake Peipsi-Pihkva (Estonia, Russia)
- Lake Great Prespa (Albania, North Macedonia, Greece)
- Lake Small Prespa (Albania, Greece)
- Lake Skadar (Montenegro, Albania; Liqeni i Shkodrës)
- Lake Vištytis (Lithuania, Russia)
- Lago di Lei (an artificial lake created by a dam; the waters are mostly in Italy but the dam is in Switzerland).
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bulgaria
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- Lake Atanasovsko
- Banderishki Lakes
- Batak Reservoir
- Lake Burgas
- Dospat Reservoir
- Lake Durankulak
- Iskar Reservoir
- Lake Mandrensko
- Lake Pomorie
- Lake Varna
- Seven Rila Lakes
- Lake Srebarna
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Liechtenstein
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Moldova
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Monaco
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North Macedonia
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Norway
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Poland
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- Lake Śniardwy
- Lake Mamry
- Lake Ruda Woda
- Lake Łebsko
- Lake Dąbie
- Lake Miedwie
- Lake Jeziorak
- Lake Niegocin
- Lake Hańcza
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- Lake of Banyoles
- El Atazar Dam
- Estanys de Baiau
- Lakes of Covadonga
- Embalse de Navacerrada
- Sanabria Lake Natural Park
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North and Central America
International lakes of North America
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- Woodland Flowage
- Grand Falls Flowage
- Spednic Lake (part of the Chiputneticook Lakes)
- East Grand Lake (part of the Chiputneticook Lakes)
- North Lake, partly in North Lake Parish, New Brunswick
- Glazier Lake
- Beau Lake
- Lac de l'Est
- Little St. John Lake (Petit lac Saint-Jean)
- Lac Wallace
- Line Pond (Etang Duck)
- Lake Memphremagog a Template:Convert glacial lake that extends from Vermont into Canada
- Lake Champlain in Quebec in Canada and New York and Vermont in the United States (US)
- Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada; and New York in the US
- Lake Erie in Ontario in Canada and Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania in the US
- Lake St Clair in Ontario, Canada; and Michigan in the US
- Lake Huron in Ontario in Canada and Michigan in the US
- Munuscong Lake
- Lake George
- Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada; and Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in the US
- South Fowl Lake
- North Fowl Lake
- Moose Lake, entry point into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
- Mountain Lake (Cook County, Minnesota)
- Rose Lake (Pigeon River)
- South Lake
- North Lake
- Gunflint Lake
- Magnetic Lake
- Clove Lake
- Granite Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada
- Granite Bay
- Gneiss Lake
- Maraboeuf Lake
- Saganaga Lake
- Swamp Lake
- Ottertrack Lake
- Knife Lake
- Carp Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada
- Birch Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada
- Sucker Lake
- Basswood Lake
- Wednesday Bay
- Thursday Bay
- Crooked Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada
- Sunday Bay
- Bottle Lake
- Lac la Croix
- Loon Lake
- Little Vermillion Lake
- Sand Point Lake
- Rainy Lake
- Lake of the Woods in Minnesota, US; Manitoba and Ontario in Canada
- Wilfred's Lake
- Susie Lake
- Osthus Lake
- South Messier Lake
- Hartley Lake
- Boundary Lake in North Dakota, US; Manitoba, Canada
- Cavalier Lake
- Ross Lake in North Dakota, US, and Manitoba, Canada
- Lake Metigoshe
- Bone Lake
- Line Lake
- Brush Lake in North Dakota, US, and Saskatchewan, Canada
- Salt Lake in northeastern Montana, US; known as Alkali Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Upper Waterton Lake in Alberta, Canada; and Montana, US
- Cameron Lake in Alberta, Canada; and Montana, US
- Frozen Lake
- Lake Koocanusa
- Alden Lake
- Osoyoos Lake
- Ross Lake in Washington, US, and British Columbia, Canada
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Antigua and Barbuda
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- Turtle Lake (Vancouver Island)
- Lake Huron
- Lake Superior
- Great Bear Lake
- Great Slave Lake
- Lake Erie
- Lake Winnipeg
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Athabasca
- Reindeer Lake
- Smallwood Reservoir
- Nettilling Lake
- Lake Winnipegosis
- Lake Nipigon
- Lake Manitoba
- Lake of the Woods
- Caniapiscau Reservoir
- Dubawnt Lake
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- Lago de Coatepeque (Coatepeque Lake)
- Lago De Ilopango (Ilopango Lake)
- Laguna De Güija (Güija Lake)
- Laguna Verde
- Laguna de Alegria
- Olomega Lake
- Suchitlán Lake
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Nicaragua
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- Lake Apanás
- Lake Nicaragua (Lake Cocibolca)
- Lake Managua
- Laguna de Apoyo
Panama
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- Crater Lake
- Great Salt Lake
- The Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario
- Lake Champlain
- Lake Okeechobee
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Lake Tahoe
- Lake Winnebago
Oceania
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South America
International lakes of South America
- 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)
- 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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- Capoey Lake
- Mainstay Lake
- Tapakuma Lake
- Hot and Cold Lake
- Lukunanikabra Lake
- Lamparina Lake
- Lukunanikabra Lake
- Kara Kara Blue Lake
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- Guri (man-made)
- Lake Maracaibo (sometimes considered a sea)
- Lake Valencia
Former lakes
Antarctica
Extraterrestrial lakes
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See also
- List of lakes by area
- List of lakes by depth
- List of lakes by volume
- List of dams and reservoirs
- List of international lakes
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